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MAS News

South Asia

The history of the foundation of HAS is a story about the growing awareness in circles of Asianists that close co-operation between all those working in the field of Asian studies is in everybody's interest.

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General news The foundation of HAS marks the outcome of more than ten years of istic changes in higher education in Netherlands which resulted in, ang other things, substantial cuts in tne budgets of especially the humanities and social sciences. ►

The Scandinavian model of the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, in which all institutes in the field of Asian studies in Scandinavia have fruitfully co-operated for 25 years, is a good example of regional co-operation.

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The institutional news about South Asia is proof of the vitality of South Asian studies. No less than three institutes opened their doors this year: The European Indian Studies Centre in London, The Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, and The Centre for Human Sciences in New Delhi.

Southeast Asia During the next seven years about twenty researchers shall work in the Birdshead, a penninsula in the northwestern part of Irian Jaya in the framework of a new research project ‘Irian Jaya studies: a programme for interdisciplinary research (ISIR)’. Dr J. Miedema, co-ordinator of ISIR, reports on new developments in Irian Jaya studies.

Furthermore, several big conferences coming up such as The 13th European Conference of Modern South Asian Studies in Toulouse ( 1994) and the IXth World Sanskrit Conference in Melbourne ( 1994).

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East Asia In his article The latest karaoke song’, the director of the JapanNetherlands Institute, stresses the importance of Japan in the field of Asian studies. He comes to the conclusion that:”Without a good knowledge of Japan (...) the baby Krishna which the International Institute for Asian Studies is supposed to tend, might turn out to be a cuckoo without you ever knowing it.”

News about the plans of Leiden University to establish a Dutch Institute in Beijing.

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Programme of the official opening of the International Institute for Asian Studies STADSGEHOORZAAL, BREESTRAAT 60, LEIDEN

October 13, 1993 Arrival o f the guests W e lc o m in g sp e e c h b y P rof. F. H iisk e n , Chairman of the Board of HAS

■ M tH O ffic ia l o p e n in g b y D r P.A.J. T in d e m a n s, Director Research and Science Policy, M inistry of Education and Sciences 11.00

P ro f. J.F. Staal (Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and of South Asian Languages, University of California at Berkeley): ‘Concepts of Science in Europe and Asia’ 11. 45

Lunch

HBEEl D r T au fiq A b d u lla h (Senior Researcher, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, LIPI): ‘Asian Studies: state-of-the-art in (Southeast) Asia’

■EKB P ro f. M .C. R ick lefs (Director of The Research School of Pacific Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra): ‘Asian Studies: state-of-the-art in Australia’ E H B 1 P ro f. R.B. R yb ak ov (Deputy Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Academy of Sciences, Moscow): ‘Asian Studies: state-of-the-art in Russia’ P rof. D.K. W y a tt (President of the Association for Asian Studies): ‘Asian Studies: state-of-the-art in the United States’ 14. 40

P ro f. B. D a h m (Professor of Southeast Asian History, University of Passau): ‘Asian Studies in Europe with special emphasis on the state-of-the—art in Germany’ Prof. W.A.L. Stokhof, Director HAS

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hrt he p o st-doctorate In tern atio n al In stitu te for Asian

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Studies (HAS) has been founded w ith the purpose o f

giving a focal p o in t to Asian studies in The N etherlands. Its founders The Royal N etherlands In stitute for Arts and Sciences,

Asia, in o rd er to seek th eir continued co-operation. The nam es

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o f the correspondents o f the IIASN w ill be m entioned in the colophon o f the next issue.

For a substantial part the opening special o f the IIASN is

Editorial office

the U niversity o f A m sterdam , the Free U niversity o f

devoted to the In stitu te itself: the history o f its foundation, its

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Am sterdam and Leiden U niversity u n d erlin e the necessity to

staff, its research program m es and the research topics o f the

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co-o rd in ate scientific research in the field o f Asian studies in

IIAS fellow s are passed in review. In th at respect this issue is

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The N etherlands. It is clear that insular attitudes so tenaciously

atypical b ut in m any o th er ways the IIASN w ill feature the

groom ed by scientists and scientific institu tio n s alike in the

colum ns presented herein. It consists o f a section w hich

past three decades have caused a pulverization o f scientific

contains m aterial relating to Asian studies in general.

efforts also in the field o f Asian studies.

F urtherm ore, the IIASN has three m ain sections: South Asia,

Editorial Staff Editor-in-chief P a u l v a n d e r V e ld e South Asia editor

The aw areness o f the necessity for a close co-o p eratio n

Southeast Asia and East Asia. These are each subdivided into

betw een the in stitu tio n s in the field o f Asian studies is

colum ns in w hich you w ill find new s about institutes,

exem plified by the gesture o f CASA (A m sterdam ) and the Kern

conference reports, calls for papers, lectures, aw ards and

Institute (Leiden) to m erge th eir new sletter, the South Asia

events. In the next issue colum ns such as personnel adds,

Newsletter, w ith the the n ew sletter o f the In tern atio n al Institute

queries and info rm atio n received w ill be included.

for Asian Studies (IIASN). C ontributions m eant for the next

N e tty B o n o u v r ié Southeast Asia editor D ic k v a n d e r M eij East Asia editor I n g r id d ’H o o g h e

The IIASN strives to create a great m easure o f transparency

issue o f th eir n ew sletter have been included in this issue o f the

in to w hat is happening in the field o f Asian studies. This is not

IIASN. Form er co n trib u to rs to the South Asia Newsletter w ill be

only im p o rta n t for Asianists b u t also it should daw n on

approached by the South Asia editor o f the IIASN,

decision-m akers in politics th at the age o f global Asianization

N. Bonouvrié, head o f the D ocum entation Centre on South

is draw ing near! ◄

English editor R o s e m a ry R o b s o n

Design D e K re e ft, A m s te rd a m

Printing D ijk m a n , A m s te rd a m

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Editor

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Administrative Assistant M rs A .M . H e n d r ik s , M .A .

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Administrative Assistant M rs C. T ita h e n a

Board

T h e IIAS N e w s le tte r (IIA S N ) is

P ro f. F. H iis k e n — Chairman (Nijmegen University)

p u b l is h e d b y IIAS a n d is

P ro f. H .W . B o d e w itz (Leiden University) a v a ila b le f r e e o f c h a r g e .

P ro f. C. F a s s e u r (Leiden University) P ro f. W .L . I d e m a (Leiden University) P ro f. O .D . v a n d e n M u ijz e n b e r g (University of Amsterdam) P ro f. H .W . v a n S c h e n d e l (Erasmus University, Rotterdam)

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P ro f. H .A . S u th e r la n d (Free University, Amsterdam).

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Academic Committee P ro f. P.T. v a n d e r V e er — Chairman (University of Amsterdam)

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M rs D r C.E. v o n B e n d a - B e c k m a n n (Erasmus University, Rotterdam) D r P. B o o m g a a r d (Royal Institute of Linguistics and Anthropology, Leiden)

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P ro f. W .J. B o o t (Leiden University)

The office of IIAS, Rapenburg 3 5 , Leiden

P ro f. H .M .J. M a ie r (Leiden University)

Gopher users can obtain an electronic

P ro f. J.C . B re m a n (University of Amsterdam) P ro f. D .H .A . K o lff (Leiden University) P ro f. A .A .G . P e te rs (Leiden University) P ro f. A J . S a ic h (Leiden University) P ro f. R. S c h e fo ld (Leiden University) P ro f. B .N .F . W h it e (Institute of Social Studies, The Hague).

version of IIASN from the electronic documents archive 'OASIS’. This archive is a subsystem of the Campus Wide Information System (CW IS) of Leiden University.

Research Fellows ( 1 9 9 3 —1 9 9 4 ) D r R.J. B a re n d s e D r B. B h a tta c h a ry a D r D o n g L is h e n g D r C.R. G r o e n e b o e r D r J.E .M . H o u b e n

Address Nederland; CWIS Rijksuniv. Leiden (RULCIS.LeidenUniv.NL); OASIS

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Historical background to the foundation of IIAS

By P a u l v a n d e r V e l d e

The foundation of HAS marks the outcome of more than ten years of drastic changes in higher educa­ tion in The Netherlands, which resulted in, among other things, substantial cuts in the budgets espe­ cially of the humanities and social sciences.

n the eighties several reports were produced which signalled that important scientific research and education was about to disap­ pear in the humanities and espe­ cially in what is usually called in The Netherlands the Kleine Letteren (disciplines which include in par­ ticular Oriental studies). To name but a few: the ‘Uhlenbeck Report’ and the report of the Faculty of Arts Committee of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences: ‘Tegen de Stroom’.

These reports alerted polticians, which resulted in the foundation of the ‘Committee Kleine Let­ teren’, more frequently called the ‘Staal Committee’, after its chair­ man J.F. Staal, professor emeritus of philosophy and of South Asian languages, University of California at Berkeley, on 18 July, 1989.

The Staal Committee and Baby Krishna The main task of the Committee was to formulate proposals on how to secure and improve the quality of research and education in the field of the Kleine Letteren and

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the social sciences, the latter in as far as they were supportive to the former. Furthermore, the Commit­ tee was to advise on the future po­ sition and institutionalization of these fields of study.

In its report, Baby Krishna, most of the advice given by the Com­ mittee pertained to Asian studies.

It stressed the necessity for the ex­ tension of and the consequent sup­ port for Asian studies. The founda­ tion of an International Institute

for Asian Studies was seen as one of the means to strengthen Asian studies in The Netherlands.

In addition, it was suggested that the Netherlands Ministry of Education and Sciences take steps on the international level to estab­ lish a European Foundation of Ad­ vanced Asian Studies. The planned International Institute for Asian Studies would function as an adminstrative office for this Founda­ tion. It was also to organize post­ doctoral courses, meetings, work­ shops, and seminars in the field of Asian studies and to provide facili­ ties for scholars who would re­ ceive fellowships from the future European Foundation for Asian Studies and other institutes of higher learning.

In its report, the Staal Commit­ tee laid special emphasis on the linguistic and cultural aspects of Asian studies, while the situation in the field of the social sciences remained underexposed. The Committee was aware of this omission and therefore its first recommendation was to set up a new Committe to advise on the strengthening of this aspect of Asian studies thus stressing the complementary relation between humanities and social sciences.

The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences installed a Com­ mittee on May 1, 1991, to investi­ gate the position of the social sci­ ences in the field of Asian studies.

The Van den Muijzenberg Committee and ‘Krishna in the Delta’ The main task of this Commit­ tee, headed by professor O.D. van den Muijzenberg, was to advise on the position, institutional struc­ ture, and tasks of the social sciences in relation to the propos­ als devised by the Staal Committee and to formulate proposals on how to improve and secure the quality of research in the field of Asian studies in the social sciences and humanities. In its report ‘Krishna in the Delta’, which was published October 30, 1991, the Committee also underlined the im­ portance of a future Asia Institute as suggested by Staal c.s. It viewed the establishment of such an insti­

tute as an important step towards the internationalization of Asian studies. It describes its main tasks as the implementation of an inter­ nationally oriented research fellow programme and the strengthening at an international level of research

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in close co-operation with other important European Institutes in the field of Asian studies. Further more, the institute should act as an international conference centre and perform a bridging function through co-ordination of informa­ tion networks.

The KNAW working-group On December 4, 1991, the Board of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in­ stalled a working-group consisting of members of the Centre for Asian Studies Amsterdam (CASA), the Centre for Non-Western Stud­ ies (CNWS) and the Royal Institute for Anthropology and Linguistics (KITLV), who were to define the structure and tasks of a post-doc­ toral International Institute for Asian Studies. By that time, the parties involved had already decid­ ed that the institute would be founded jointly by the University of Amsterdam, the Free University of Amsterdam, Leiden University and the Royal Netherlands Acade­ my of Arts and Sciences and that it would be located in Leiden.

The working-group produced a report which was published De­ cember 20, 1991. As the main tasks of the International Institute for Asian Studies it outlined: to set up a post-doctoral programme for

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Dutch and foreign researchers and to use this programme to develop scientific agendas to strengthen the academic endeavour in the field of Asian studies. Furthermore, the in­ stitute should function as a plat­ form for international scientific co-operation, and co-ordinate sci­ entific activities in the field of Asian studies. It should also repre­ sent The Netherlands on the board of the future European Foundation for Asian Studies.

Moreover, the working-group stressed that the institute should co-operate closely with other Dutch scientific organizations in the field of Asian studies. It was expected to play a stimulating and integrating role in the field of Asian studies in Europe through organizing international work­ shops, conferences, a data-base and by publishing a newsletter.

Leading scholars from foreign countries should be invited to give a strong impetus to existing and

On June 1 2 ,1 9 9 3 , the International Institute for Asian Studies organized a discussion forum which was attended by 70 interested persons. After opening speeches by its director Professor W.A.L. Stokhof and the chairman of the Board o f the IIAS Professor F.A.M. Hiisken, members of the forum presented the research programmes developed by the Academic Committee. The chair­ man of the Academic Committee, Professor P.T. van der Veer, presided over the lively discussion which ensued between the audience and the forum mem­ bers. The transcript of the discussion can be obtained from the secretariat of IIAS.

future research programmes. The research fellows working at the in­ stitute should also co-operate with other institutes and research clus­ ters and they should participate in the educational activities of uni­ versities and other institutes.

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Consolidation of the Kleine Letteren In 1992 a memorandum of un­ derstanding called ‘Consolidatie van de Kleine Letteren’ was signed

by J.M.M. Ritzen, Minister for Ed­ ucation and Sciences, and the pres­ idents of the universities of Leiden (RUL), Groningen (RUG), Am­ sterdam (UvA and VUA), Utrecht (RUU), Nijmegen (KUN), and of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). In the memorandum it was stipulated that the RUL in conjunction with the UvA, the VUA and the KNAW would found the International In­ stitute for Asian Studies. Its main task would be the strengthening of the humanities and social sciences in the Netherlands with special emphasis on South, Southeast, and East Asia. A board consisting of representatives of the constituent institutions (RUL, UvA, VUA, KNAW) would bear the responsi­ bility for the policy of the insti­ tute. The financial means were de­ clared as follows (in millions of Dutch florins): 0.68 (1992), 1.2 (1993), 1.7 (1994) and 2 (1995).

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The office o f HAS, Rapenburg 35, Leiden

Foundation of IIAS On 8 January, 1993, the first Board of IIAS was installed under the chairmanship of Professor F.A.M. Hiisken (KUN). The co-op­ eration agreement between the constituent institutions was signed in the summer of 1993. In Article 2 of the agreement, the objectives and activities of the International Institute for Asian Studies were fi­ nally defined as follows: • To set up and execute a post­ doctorate programme for Dutch and foreign researchers.

• The organization of international scientific gatherings.

• To act as a national centre for Asian studies to improve inter­ national co-operation in the Eu­ ropean context.

• To develop other activities in the field of Asian studies such as the

On 8 May, 1992, the Board of the KNAW appointed a provisional board presided over by the chair­ man of the Committee for Human­ ities and Arts of KNAW, Professor P.W. Klein. Its main tasks were to draft a definitive version of the cooperation agreement between the constituent institutes and to ap­ point the Board of the future insti­ tute.

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publication of a newsletter or the establishment of a data-base which should contain up-to-date information on current research in the field of Asian studies.In the coming years IIAS will do its utmost to realize these objectives but it is aware that its success will also be determined by the degree of co-operation which will be achieved in the field of Asian studies in the future. -4

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Cultural traditions in endangered minorities of South and Southeast Asia Many smallscale soci­ eties of South and Southeast Asia share PROJECTS aspects o f a cultural heritage generally subsumed under the term of Dong-Son. This heritage is rooted in the traditions o f the early metal age which can be traced back to the first millenium B.C. on the Southeast Asian mainland, although many o f its cultural features may even be older in origin.

After several years o f stagna­ tion, recent national develop­ ments warrant the hope for a take-off in relevant archaeo­ logical studies. On the other hand, most o f the contempo­ rary societies bearing witness of this heritage, from the mainland’s Hill Tribes/Montagnards until Eastern In­ donesia and Oceania, belong

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to endangered ethnic minori­ ties, their identity being threatened by pressures from the dominant, national cul­ ture.

PTl he approach of the program is

J. comparative and multi-disci­ plinary, comprising archaeology, linguistics and anthropology. It aims at identifying and investigat­ ing specific cultural themes for which each discipline can con­ tribute to a better interpretation of the other’s findings.

ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES OF RESEARCH TOPICS: Architectural forms and settle­ ment patterns

An archaeological campaign would analyse artefacts and excavational evidence allowing impli­ cations about the forms, technolo­ gy, decorations, uses (based on kinship, social stratification etc.) and cosmological orientations of dwellings and settlement struc­ tures. Linguists would identify and interpret associate language pat­ terns and expressions in oral litera­ ture in a comparative perspective.

Anthropologists would study contemporary uses, both in the form of case studies or in compar­ ing different societies, elaborating and interpreting common patterns and explaining local transforma­ tions on the grounds of specific circumstances.

Along the same lines as the above mentioned example of the mainly South-east Asian Dong-Son

program, similar multidisciplinary approaches can be envisaged for the areas of South-, East- and West Asia, in which the relations be­ tween religious centres, oral histo­ ry and various forms of ritual and material expression form the basic components. The concept of sa­ cred space and oral history among ethnic or religious minorities in South-India and Sri Lanka is an ex­ ample for urgent research because of the rapid cultural change going on in this area.

mon ideological themes in the fields of social organization, reli­ gious conceptions etc.

Potential side-themes would be historical tracing and dating of intercultural differences, various en­ deavours to safeguard cultural identity, the identification, recog­ nition and incorporation of old cultural traditions or of languagediversity in national ideologies, etc ■<

Distribution of forms of mate- • rial culture and art motifs

Next to such multi-disciplinary teamwork, the program allows for individual research proposals and studies. Examples could be the dis­ tribution of various relevant forms of material culture and of art mo­ tifs, cross-cultural interpretation of language material indicative of cultural developments, or the comparison and local interpreta­ tion of transformations of com­

This proposal was formulated by:

D r H.I.R. H inzler, D r K.R. van Kooij, D r R. S chefold a n d D r W .A .L. S to k h o f (Leiden, June 1993)

Changing life-styles in Asia Dutch so­ cial-science research on the changing societies of PROJECTS Asia (both socialist and market-oriented) has been mainly devoted to analysis of changing structures o f ow n­ ership and production and power and the impact of these changes on income, welfare, mobility etc. o f dif­ ferent social groups. In the humanities, meanwhile, re­ search has tended to focus on various aspects o f ‘traditional’ Asian culture. The proposed project brings together per­ spectives and methods from both the social sciences and humanities, and will bring Dutch research in contact with the emergent field of cultural studies in Asia, through a focus on the chang­ ing life-styles o f different so­ cial groups in various Asian societies.

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I r l he social transformation of J . Asian societies, in both the colonial and post-colonial eras, has involved a growing incorporation in world economy. In economic terms this has engendered twoway transnational flows of com­ modities, while in cultural terms a more one-way flow o f ‘Western’, but now increasingly globally in­ flected, models and media images of personal identity, interpersonal relations, domesticity, consump­ tion behaviour, and cultural forms.

Meanwhile, Asians who have mi­ grated in large numbers to other

parts of the world return not only with cash savings, but also with diasporic images of ‘national’ identity. Such transnational cultur­ al flows at times seem, paradoxi­ cally, to engender or promote rad­ ical forms of nationalist assertion.

While belief in self-development and the liberation from ‘tradition­ al’ structures of inequality hold wide currency among Asia’s emerging middle classes, the op­ portunities for rapid enrichment in the growing economies of Asia have generated new forms, .and in many cases quite staggering de­ grees of inequality in incomes and life-styles between rich and poor in urban (and to a lesser extent, in rural) areas.

The life-styles project will focus on the reception or consumption side of cultural flows, in particular the dynamics of reception and transformation of ‘cosmopolitan’ cultural forms, as reflected in the private and public life-styles of different social groups. This focus can promote productive links be­ tween historical and contemporary research (through the emphasis on change), between the disciplines (sociology/cultural anthropology, and those branches of linguistics, arts and letters which focus on the social aspects of language and the arts), and between these and vari­ ous interdisciplinary specializa­ tions such as gender and youth studies.

ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES OF RESEARCH TOPICS: Education, socialization and youth life-styles

Notions of (globalized) ‘moder­ nity’ interact increasingly with traditional modes of childrearing, socialization and education, in different degrees and forms in dif­ ferent Asian societies and in dif­ ferent sub-cultures (urban and ru­ ral, elite and mass). This can have far-reaching effects on the forma­ tion of personality and identity during childhood and youth, and to quite radically changing ideas o f ‘appropriate’ life-styles, both private and public, in terms of fashion, music, sports, mobility, occupation, domesticity, relations between genders and generations, etc. What does being ‘modern’ mean to a student, an urban or ru­ ral school drop-out, or to a young (peri) urban factory worker in one of Asia’s new industrializing re­ gions? In this connection, an in­ teresting issue is the sometimes conflicting roles of education and the media in instilling new ‘wants’ in both urban and rural youth, the latter being a major factor in the decision to search for urban and factory employment.

units and institutions, and chang­ ing notions about proper ‘care’ in modern Asian society.

Media and life-styles in urban and rural areas

This concerns the dialectics of the national and transnational in literature, cinema, theatre, televi­ sion (and other information me­ dia) , commercial advertising etc. and their dynamic role in the de­ velopment of Asian cultures and life-styles. On the one hand, gov­ ernments sponsor the celebration of national culture in various forms, while at the same time in­ creasingly sophisticated global media (satellite/cable TV, pop video, etc.) project the symbolic forms of another, global culture with its specific, homogenized (and mainly middle-class) pat­ terns of dress, consumption, recreation etc. Both national and multinational firms in the mass consumption market, through ad­ vertizing and sponsorship, make widespread use of the attributes of global life-styles, often subtly linked with national attributes, in creating popular images of their products (cigarettes, cosmetics, etc.)

focusing specifically on middleclass life-styles deserve attention, for example: Middle class religion. The trans­ formation of pilgrimage into na­ tional tourism (and of pilgrimage sites into well-equipped holiday resorts); the emerging interest of religious leaders in welfare pro­ grammes (in which in many countries organizations of middleclass women play an important role).

The elite women —domestic servant nexus. The role of domes­ tic service in conditioning or en­ abling the social and/or profes­ sional lives and life-styles of urban middle-class/elite women, and those of the (in most countries, mainly young, rural) women who enter service. <

Middle class life-styles Social security

This concerns the relation be­ tween changes in life-styles and changes in arrangements of social security. In particular, the impact of institutionalization of care for the vulnerable groups such as the sick, handicapped, elderly and destitute in society, of child care and education, the erosion of the role of central social care-taking

There are a number of reasons for a particular focus on the dy­ namics of life-styles among mid­ dle classes, who often play a greater initial role than either tra­ ditional elites or working masses in the reception and transforma­ tion of globalised culture. In addi­ tion to a focus on the middle class in the various general topics men­ tioned above, a number of topics

This proposal was formulated by:

D r C .E. von B e n d a -B e c k m a n n , D rJ .C . B re m a n , D r D.H.A.Kolff, D r P.T. van d e r V e er and D r B.N.F. W h ite (Leiden, May 1993)

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The Arabian seas in the seventeenth century

By R e n e B a r e n d s e

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P y l he object

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is to pro­ duce an ex­ panded En­ glish version of my 1991 PROJECTS Ph.D.Thesis Kortingen, Compagnieën en kapers De Arabische zeeën 1640-1700 (English version Kings, Companies and corsairs and corsairs in the Arabian seas 1640-1700). The study aims to provide a broad comparative ac­ count of the trade in the western Indian Ocean, considering Euro­ pean activities against the back­ drop o f ‘indigenous’ commerce.

On a theoretical level the study has three basic objectives: first, to show that the developments in a single region can not be under­ stood without taking develop­ ments in the Arabian seas as a whole into consideration. Here I will focus on the concept of risk, protection and information as ele­ ments in the structure of costs to trade. Second, to study the pattern of economic shifts and fluctuation in the middle long-run, instead of the often exclusive attention be­ stowed either upon short-term (political) or upon the supposedly very long-run patterns of ‘tradi­ tional Asian trade’. And third, on the one hand to break down the barriers between various ‘national’

historiographies’ regarding Euro­ pean expansion in the Indian Ocean, and on the other between the ‘orientalist’ and ‘Europeanist’ level of discourse on social and economic developments which are better understood as coiiimon in­ tercontinental shifts.

Within the scope of these broad­ er theoretical concerns, I will pre­ sent a large amount of new materi­ al from Dutch, Portuguese and In­ dian archives on a wide variety of themes relative to the history of the Indian Ocean, which are diffi­ cult to compress into short com­ pass: these would range from the relative significance of bullionflows and cash-crop production to the Indian and Persian agricultural economies to Brazilian shipping to Mozambique; from attempts to re­ form the Portuguese empire to Ar­ menian trade to Astrakhan, or from the structure of government at Basra to the social significance of the idea of a pirate’s republic in Madagascar to the seamen of New York ◄ R.J. Barendse (1961) studied Modern History at the University of Amsterdam and History of the European Expansion at Leiden University. He obtained his Ph.D. at Leiden University in may 1991 with Kortin­ gen, Compagnieën en kapers, De Arabische zeeën 1640-1 700. Publication in various reviews like Itinerario, Revista cultural de Macao and Moyen Orient et Ocean Indien.

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Subject and topic in Chinese

By R i n t S y b e s m a

T n general X linguistics, the notion subject has al­ ways oscillated ambiguously between seman­ tic subject and structural subject. The former notion involves a selectional relation to the verb: the seman­ tic subject is assigned some seman­ tic or thematic role projected by the verb. In John is sleeping, for in­ stance, John is interpreted as the sleeper by virtue of semantic rela­ tion between John and the verb.

The notion of structural subject, on the other hand, does not neces­ sarily involve such a relation: in the Government-Binding frame­ work, for instance, it is associated with a particular position, which exhibits a number of properties.

One of the properties associated to this position is that, for languages with agreement, the NP in this po­ sition (the structural subject) agrees (in number and person) with the finite verb. A second property is that the NP in this po­ sition is assigned nominative case.

As a final property, it is assumed that every sentence has a structural subject, that is, the structural sub­ ject position must always be filled.

As a general rule, the structural subject position will be occupied

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plan consits of two main parts. The first PROJECTS part consists of several articles on the Chinese civil service sys­ tem. One deals with the recruit­ ment of executives (cadres) and civil servants in the PRC, in which four recruitment models are pre­ sented, viz: (a) open competitive examinations; (b) partially open and competitive examinations; (c) selection of civil servants by the Communist Party from workers, peasants and servicemen; and (d) the orthodox methods based on the Marxist ideology.

Another article will analyse the delayed implementation of the Chinese civil service system. In 1987 the Chinese Communist Par­ ty announced the establishment of a civil service system. But due to political opposition inside and outside the Party, changes in the fortune of the reforms and fledgling organizational condi­ tions, the programme has yet to be implemented.

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The second part of my plan is to gather materials for a book or handbook on personnel manage­ ment in China. Although my pro­ ject will cover most aspects of per­ sonnel management in the PRC from recruitment, training, ap­ pointment, promotion and ap­ praisal to compensation, welfare and retirement, I shall emphasize the basic elements essential to the PRC system, thus providing keys to an understanding of the subject. In this respect the three interrelated questions of the term ‘executives’, ‘the principle of Communist Party control of cadres’, and the ‘nomen­ klatura’ system are of particular im­ portance. My research will focus on how the Communist Party in­ stalled the executive system throughout the mainland after it came to power, which devices and mechanisms are essential to its functioning, what are its short­ comings, and how the Party is at­ tempting to reform it. <

that Chinese has a structural sub­ ject position too and this project aims at making these indications more explicit. One complicating factor is the fact that Chinese is a topic-prominent language: all kinds of different constituents may occur in preverbal position, pre­ ceding or following the logical subject (if present), and it has been proposed that any preverbal constituent which is not the logical subject should be analysed as a topic. In this project we will try to determine what differences there are between topics and (non-seman tic) subjects which occupy the structural subject position ◄

R.P.E. Sybesm a ( 1960) studied Chinese and General Linguistics at Leiden Universi­ ty (graduated 1987). From 19 8 2 -1984 he stayed in China, where he studied Chinese and Chinese Linguistics at the University of Liaoning in Shenyang. He went back there in 1987 to teach General Linguistics for a year. He obtained his Ph.D. in 1992 at Lei­ den University. The title of his thesis is: Causatives and accomplishments: The case of Chinese ba. He has published a number of papers on Chinese syntax and co-edited two conference proceedings and one book on Chinese linguistics. He is also active as a translator of Chinese literary works into Dutch.

THEORETICAL AND SO C IO -L IN G U IST IC ATTITUDES OF BHARTRHARI AND LATER SANSKRI T GRAMMARI ANS

The personnel management in the people’s republic of china

By D o n g L i s h e n g

by the semantic subject. If there is no semantic subject there are a number of alternative strategies for filling the structural subject posi­ tion of the sentence: an embedded subject is raised (subject to subject raising as in John seems to be sleeping), the underlying object moves into the subject position (as in pas­ sives) or some expletive element is inserted (Its seems that...). Viewed in this way, there seems to be strong evidence for distinguishing logical and structural subjects.

From the Chinese point of view, however, this is not at all obvious.

Specifically, we may wonder whether there is any evidence that Chinese has a structural subject po­ sition, as Chinese lacks precisely those properties which play a role in determining the presence of a structural subject: first, Chinese has no agreement and it lacks overt case-marking of any sort (subjects, objects and adjuncts are not dis­ tinct morphologically). Further­ more, it is not obvious that in Chi­ nese every sentence has a subject: apart from the well-known fact that Chinese exhibits seemingly random subject-drop phenomena, it has also been argued that Chi­ nese has no expletives. In sum, the "standard” procedure to deter­ mine the presence of a structural subject fails in Chinese.

However, there are a number of —as yet, quite vague - indications

Sanskrit and non-Sanskrit Dong Lisheng ( 1955) received his Bache­ lor of Art with honours in English Language and Literature from Hangzhou University in July 1982, his Master of Law in Journalism from the Graduate Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in July 1985, and his Ph.D. in Political and Social Sciences from the Universitaire Instelling Antwer­ pen in July 1992. From July 1985 to Octo­ ber 1988, he worked as a journalist for Chi­ na Daily, the sole English language newspa­ per published in mainland China. His doctoral thesis is a comparative study of the recruitment of civil servants in the Peo­ ple’s Republic of China, France and the United Kingdom. His master’s thesis analy­ ses Time magazine’s coverage of China from 1979 to 1981. He has a collection of more than 300 news reports, analyses and commentaries printed in China Daily. Some have been reprinted by the People’s Daily (China), Japan Times and Strait News (Singa­ pore).

By Jan H o u b e n

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X my re­ search at the International Institute for PROJECTS Asian Studies in Leiden (1993-1994) is to follow up on one of the findings in my recent Ph.D.-thesis, and (a) to investigate the theoretical and socio-linguistic attitudes of Bhartrhari (4th or 5 th century A.D.) and his successors in the Indian grammatical tradition of Panini; (b) to confront the results with whatever can be concluded (from these grammarians them­ selves as well as from other sources) about the linguistic prac­ tices in the time and area in which they were working. .

These investigations may be ex­ pected (a) to improve our under­ standing of the general linguistic theories and presuppositions of Bhartrhari and later Sanskrit gram­ marians; (b) to improve our un­ derstanding of the socio-linguistic situation of Sanskrit, varieties of Sanskrit, related dialects, and dif­ ferent languages in India from the 4ht-5th century A.D. onwards; and (c) to provide a basis for evaluat­

ing the socio-linguistic position of Sanskrit in modern India, and re­ cent developments in the ‘revival’ of Sanskrit as a spoken language, which form part of a large-scale search for a new national Hinduidentity in India against a histori­ cal background.

The results of this one-year re­ search project will be published mainly in the form of articles. ◄ J.E.M. Houben ( 1960) studied Vedic and Classical Sanskrit at the University of Utrecht (1981-1987). From July 1988 till July 1992 he was Research Assistant (A.i.O) at the University of Utrecht, Faculty of Let­ ters, Department of Oriental Languages and Cultures, where he obtained his Ph.D. degree with the dissertation The Sambandha-samuddesa (Chapter of Relation) and Bhartrhari’s philosophy of language (Utrecht, 1992). He has been in India several times, where he visited Indian Universities, tradi­ tional places of learning and communities cultivating Sanskrit. Publications include the Pravargya Brahmana of the Taittiriya Aranyaka (Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1991), and the articles ‘The Sequencelessness of the signifier in Bhartrhari’s theory of lan­ guage’ in Indologica Taurinensia vol. XV-XVI ( 19 8 9 -1990): I 19 - 129, 'Bhartrhari’s samaya/Helaraja's samketa' in Journal of Indi­ an Philosophy 20 ( 1992): 2 19-242.

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LETTERS FROM THE PERIOD 1 8 4 7 -1 8 7 3

British anthropology and the Indian Civil Service

Herman Neubronner van der Tuuk and Indonesian Linguistics in the N ineteenth Century

By P e t e r P e l s

£1 ince Michel l 3 Leiris’ sem­ inal L’Etnographie devant le colonialisme (1950), PROJECTS the idea that Anthropology was the child o f Western imperial­ ism has been discussed among an­ thropologists, to the extent that it has now become commonplace in disciplinary discourse. Yet up to now, historical research into this re­ lationship has been very uneven: studies o f the French, German and Dutch anthropological traditions are rare, while large areas o f US and British Anthropology remain u n ­ derexposed. In the British tradition in particular the focus has usually been on the relationship between 20 th century functionalism and British colonial policy in Africa, ig­ noring almost completely the vast ethnographic output about India in the 19th century. These discussions often reiterate the conclusion that academic anthropologists and ‘prac­ tical m en’ had such divergent inter­ ests that one cannot speak o f the colonial complicity o f academic an­ thropologists.

The fact that Indian colonial ad­ ministrators like William Crooke, Alfred Lyall, Herbert Risley and Richard Temple were recognized ethnographic authorities in late 19th century British Anthropology suggests that such conclusions are based on insufficient insight into the history of Anthropology. The careers o f William Crooke and Her­ bert Risley, w ho started their ethnographic work as members of the Indian Civil Service and rose to become president o f major anthro­ pological associations, are exam­ ples o f the influence o f ICS Ethnog­ raphy on British academic Anthro­ pology. The influence o f the work o f Sir Henry Maine or Francis Galton on ICS civil servants shows that the current also flowed ip a reverse direction, while intellectual friend­ ships such as that between Mtpne and Alfred Lyall allowed for cross­ currents between anthropological theory and colonial policy. Anthro­ pometry, measuring skulls in par­ ticular, is often ridiculed today, but was an im portant asset to the colo­ nial police in 19th century India.

Most o f the standard classifications that anthropologists applied to In­ dian society (religion, caste, tribe) were also employed by adm inistra­ tors in census operations and taxa­ tion.

This project will proceed from a reading o f secondary sources on ICS ethnography and historiogra­ phy, on Orientalism in India and on the training and recruitm ent of the ICS, to a survey o f the contribu­ tions o f ICS ethnographers to aca­ demic Anthropology as can be as­ sessed from major anthropological journals (like Journal of the Royal An­ thropological Institute, Folk-Lore and the Fortnightly Review). This broad ap­ proach will be complemented by a

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few case-studies (the career o f one or two ICS ethnographers, the in ­ volvement o f one or two major academic anthropologists with In­ dia, an d /o r the study o f a geo­ graphically bounded ethnographic tradition in India). Research should finally also lead to a reassessment of the debate about the relationship between Anthropology and colo­ nialism in the British Anthropology tradition. ◄ Peter Pels ( 1958) studied Anthropology and Sociology at the University of Amster­ dam, where he also worked as assistantlecturer and researcher at the Department of Anthropology and the Amsterdam School for Social Science Research. He was editor of Skript and Critique o f Anthropology.

He obtained his Ph.D. in January 1993 for 'Critical Matters. Interactions between Missionaries and Waluguru in Colonial Tan­ ganyika, 1930-1961’, and recently co-organized an international conference on ‘Colonial Ethnographies’ at the Centre for Asian Studies Amsterdam (June 1993). His publications include: ‘Defensief, terug­ getrokken, veilig en voorzichtig: De stijl van de Nederlandse antropologie', Kennis en Methode 10(1986): 150-168: ‘Africa Chris­ to! The Use of Photographs in Dutch Catholic Mission Propaganda’, Critique o f ( 1989): 33-47; (ed. with Lor­ raine Nencel) Constructing Knowledge. Au­

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(London: Sage Publications, 1991); ‘Alterity as Intel­ lectual Involution’, Semiotica (in press); (ed. with Oscar Salemink) Colonial Ethnogra­ phies, special issue of History and Anthropol­ ogy (forthcoming).

thority and Critique in Social Science

By K e e s G r o e n e b o e r

h p he object is to pro­ duce a com ­ prehensive source-edition PROJECTS o f the collected letters of the nineteenth century specialist in In­ donesian languages Dr. Herman N eubronner van der Tuuk (18241894). The letters concerned all date from the period Van der Tuuk was employed by the Dutch Bible Society (Nederlandsch Bijbelgenootschap), i.e. the years 1847-1873. A Dutch edition (introduction, letters, com ­ ments, annotations, notes, bibliog­ raphy, index) will be published in late 1994 by the KITLV Press in Leiden; an edition in Indonesian will be published in Jakarta in the series Indonesian Linguistics Development Project (ILDEP).

In 1994 it will be hundred years ago that Van der Tuuk (born in Malaka in 1824) passed away in Surabaya. Between 1851-1857 Van der Tuuk lived and worked as a representative o f the Dutch Bible Society among the Bataks in Suma­ tra. There he collected the data for the compilation o f a dictionary and a grammar o f the Batak language.

He spent the period 1857-1868 in Holland collating his collected m a­ terials and so produced several books, including a dictionary of the Batak language (Bataksch-Nederduitsch woordenboek, 1861), four vol-

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Dr. H. Neubronner van der Tuuk. umes o f reading materials (Bataksch leesboek, 1860-1862), and his fa­ mous grammar o f the Toba Batak language (Tobasche spraakkunst, 18641867) in two volumes. In 1868 the Bible Society sent him once more to the Dutch East Indies where he was based in Bulèlèng in Bali. From 1870 he worked on his studies of the Balinese language. Between 1873 and 1894 Van der Tuuk worked for the Dutch East Indian government, employed by the De­ partment o f Education, Religion and Industry. During this period he concentrated on the compilation of an extensive dictionary. The result was his four-volume Kawi-BalineeschNederlandsch woordenboek (1894—1912) w hich, however, was only pub­ lished after his death.

Van der Tuuk may considered to be one o f the founders o f Indone­ sian linguistics. His place in nine­ teenth century Indonesian linguis­ tics is also validated by his various polemic writings, in which he op­ poses all other Indonesian linguists o f his time, such as (in alphabetical order) J.A. Brandes, A.B. Cohen Stuart, R. van Eek, W.H. Engelmann, J. Esser, J.J. de Hollander, J.D. Homan, H. Kern, H.C. Klink­ en, D. Koorders, J. Pijnappel, T. Roorda, P.J. Veth, H. von de Wall and C.F. Winter. Van der Tuuk’s let­ ters give a clear picture o f this con­ troversialist both in relation to cir­ cles o f the Dutch Bible Society and in the circle o f the leading Dutch Indonesianists o f the nineteenth century. 4 C.R. Groeneboer (1952) studied Dutch Linguistics and Literature at the Free Uni­ versity of Amsterdam. During a period of six years he taught Dutch linguistics at the Seksi Belanda of the University of Indonesia in Jakarta, returning to the Netherlands at the end of 1990. He obtained his Ph.D. at Leiden University in November 1992 with a study on the history of the Dutch language in the Dutch East Indies, 1600-1950.

Among his publications are: [Editor] Studi Belanda di Indonesia - Nederlandse Studiën in Indonesië (Jakarta: Jambatan, 1989), Het ABC voor Indië; Bibliografie van leermiddelen Ned­

(Leiden: KITLV Uitgevery, 1991) and Weg tot het

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Westen; H et Nederlands voor Indië 16 0 0 -1 9 5 0 ; Een taalpolitieke geschiedenis (Leiden: KITLV Uitgeverij, 1993).

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NIAS ( COPENHAGEN) 25 YEARS

Nordic Institute of Asian Studies INSTITUTIONAL I Asian Stud­ ies, NIAS, celebrated NEWS its 25 th an­ niversary last year and is one o f the old­ est existing interdisciplinary research institutes concerned with Asia as a whole. It is fi­ nanced by the governments of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden to sup­ port and encourage scholarly studies in Asian cultures and societies and at the same time to further cooperation and contact between scholars and research institutes in the Nordic countries, as well as to strengthen links with Asian colleagues and counterparts.

I"T1 he reorganization of the InstiX tute in 1987-1988 was a step in the adjustment to a new situa­ tion. In the 1970sandl980sa new kind of research had emerged at the universities. It broke with the older orientalist and philological tradition of learning and was more oriented towards the social sci­ ences. NIAS wants to counterbal­ ance the tendency at the universi­ ties of disciplinary fragmentation.

The Institute is also expected to collaborate in European research and educational cooperation, as well as taking part in a compre­ hensive dialogue with Asian re­ searchers and scholarly communi­ ties.

Board and Staff

NIAS is headed by a Board con­ sisting of two members each from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, appointed by the respec­ tive country’s Ministry of Research and Education. The Board also in­ cludes two members from the In­ stitute’s staff. NIAS is lead by a Di­ rector who is responsible to the Board. Since 1990 Professor Thommy Svensson is the Director of the Institute.

Research at NIAS

The research carried out at NIAS tries to combine humanistic and social science perspectives and to transcend traditional disciplinary and geographical boundaries. For the time being priority is given to East and Southeast Asian studies.

Research is carried out by NIAS’ research staff, including the Direc­ tor, by associated scholars working with their own funding at the In­ stitute, and by Nordic and Asian guest fellows. In addition, the In­ stitute gives financial support to a Page 8 — HAS NEWSLETTER 1

number of Nordic scholars for field work in Asia and for studies in archives and at research insti­ tutes in Europe. Ongoing research projects by NIAS’ research fellows are for instance ‘Nation-building in Southeast Asia —Indonesia, Vietnam and British Malaya, 1945—1950’, a project carried out jointly by NIAS’ Research Professor Stein Tonnesson and Dr Hans Antlöv, ‘Culturally Conditioned Models of Conflict Resolution: a study of Malaysia and Sweden’, a project led by Professor Thommy Svensson, which also involves Malaysian scholars, ‘Asian Percep­ tions of Nature’, a research pro­ gramme led by Dr Arne Kalland and Dr Ole Bruun, NIAS, ‘Textile Production in Vietnam’, a project carried out by Irene Norlund. A re­ search project usually results in a monograph. For instance, within the project ‘Landless Villagers in Java’ Dr Sven Cederroth has recent­ ly concluded a manuscript entitled ‘Survival and Profit in Rural Java’, which will soon appear as a NIAS monograph.

Seminars, workshops and other scholarly meetings

Among conferences and work­ shops held in 1992 can be men­ tioned the ‘Nordic-Baltic Work­ shop of Orientalists’, arranged jointly in Riga with the Orientalist Society of Latvia and the Depart­ ment of Foreign Languages, Uni­ versity of Latvia, ‘Vietnam’s econo­ m y’, ‘Laos and Laotian Studies’, ‘Problems of Literature, Culture, Society and History in Vietnam’ and ‘Japanese Working Life’. In 1993 a ‘European Vietnam Studies Conference’, as well as workshops on ‘Identity in Asian Literature’, ‘Korean Studies in the Nordic Countries’, ‘Colonial Power and Asian Nationalism, 1930-1957’ have been arranged, to be fol­ lowed by a workshop on Central Asia.

The Institute also arranges a number of research seminars and lectures. In addition, financial and administrative support is given to other conventions. Cooperation with other institutes is regular in arranging workshops and semi­ nars. In 1992 twelve full-day workshops and conferences were arranged, with about 480 partici­ pants and 200 papers presented, in addition to 35 seminars and lec­ tures with altogether about 600 participants.

Scholarly Support

In addition to the research car­ ried out at NIAS, the Institute gives financial research support to schol-

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ars affiliated to universities and in­ stitutes in the Nordic countries. A major part of this support is grant­ ed for travel and establishment costs in conjunction with field re­ search in Asia; a smaller part for studies at libraries, archives and research institutions in Europe.

The Nordic Guest Fellowship Pro­ gramme gives Nordic scholars an opportunity to work at the Insti­ tute for shorter periods. This adds to the Institute’s programme for scholars from Asia.

Research Student Support

NIAS has a special support pro­ gramme for research students working on their MA and PhD dis­ sertations. The programme is acronymed SUPRA and encom­ passes at present over 200 students from twelve different universities.

The programme gives graduate and postgraduate students privi­ leged access to NIAS library and research facilities, scholarly meet­ ings, information services, fellow­ ship programmes and travel grants, as well as possibilities to participate in international re­ search training courses, get guid­ ance and external supervision by scholars attached to the Institute, and to publish their dissertations internationally within the frame­ work of NIAS’ publishing pro­ gramme.

fora of Asian studies and tries to contribute to collaboration and in­ creased contacts between Nordic scholars/institutes and their coun­ terparts in Asia, Europe and North America. Participation in European programmes has a high priority, as have cooperation and joint pro­ jects with universities and research institutes in Asia.

Permanent networks have also been established promoting con­ tacts, communication and cooper­ ation between scholars at different Nordic universities. NIAS sup­ ports, and has partly been a driv­ ing force behind the foundation of five Nordic research associations in Asian studies which, since 1991, cover the main regions of Asia. It also maintains Malaysia-, Vietnam, Laos-, and Korea-networks.

Beginning in 1992, NIAS sys­ tematically tries to invite col­ leagues from Eastern Europe and the Baltic states to its conferences.

In this way, contacts have been es­ tablished with institutes in Russia, Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria as well as Latvia and Esto­ nia.

NIAS is also actively trying to promote the establishment of supra-national structures for Asian studies at a European level. Among others, the Institute has recently been involved in the creation of The European Association for South-East Asian Studies (EU­ ROSEAS) and the European Net­ work for Vietnamese Studies, EUROVIET. Over the years, a rather exten­ sive network of contacts in Asia has been built up, including some 100 Asian scholars who have worked at the Institute within the framework of the Asian Guest Fel­ lowship Programme. In addition, during the past five years about 200 Nordic scholars have received financial support through NIAS for research in Asia.

In the Nordic countries a major problem has been for a long time that many research milieus are small and dispersed. NIAS has the task to establish and maintain structures for communication, ex­ change of research results, infor­ mation and mobility between geo­ graphically separated institutes and scholars in five countries, Iceland included. It is also looking after Nordic interests in international

NIAS welcomes contacts and col­ laboration with all institutes con­ cerned with the improvement of Asian studies and research. As Pro­ fessor Kristof Glamann, former Di­ rector of the Institute, wrote in his foreword (1970) to the Institute l/2s Monograph No. 1: ‘Asia with­ in Scandinavia should make Scan­ dinavia a richer, warmer and wider place to live in ’.

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An essay on the historical practice of power

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The Library

NIAS’ Library holds about 44,000 volumes, mainly in West­ ern languages and about 700 cur­ rent journals, as well as collections of microfilms and microfiches, offprints and press cuttings. The book collection is accessible on­ line. The Institute cooperates closely with the Oriental Section of the Royal Library in Copenhagen, whose collections are located adja­ cent to NIAS’ Library. Together these constitute the largest library resource on Asia in the Nordic countries. NIAS’ Library is pub­ lishing annual accession lists, lists of journals and offprints, as well as other catalogues and book lists.

The Publication Programme

Networking and International Cooperation

Information activities

One of NIAS objectives is to fur­ ther information and documenta­ tion on Asia, and to encourage the spread of general knowledge about Asia. The main instrument for the information activities is NIASnytt/Nordic Newsletter of Asian Studies. It appears four times per year with a print-run of 2.500 per issue.

In the first 25 years the Institute published about a hundred titles. A separate Publication Unit started operating in 1993 and is run by a full-time Editor-in-Chief, Gerald B. Jackson. In publishing, the Insti­ tute cooperates with Curzon Press Ltd., London, but runs also an inhouse publication programme.

The publications cover a wide range of research topics, from lin­ guistics and folklore, over history and anthropology to development studies and economics.

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The Middle East - Unity and Diversity

Papers on a wide range of subjects and disciplines from the 1992 Nordic conference on Middle East­ ern studies.

(247 pp.) DKK 210,• Thommy Svensson The Impossibility of Liberalism in In­ donesia 1 8 4 0 -1 9 4 0

Because ‘de ethische politiek' essen­ tially reflected a racist world view, humanitarian liberalism and colo­ nialism in Indonesia were incom­ patible and the attempt to transplant liberal Western social and economic thinking into an Asian colonial con­ text proved to be futile. A critical es­ say on this crisis.

(32 pp.) DKK 70,• Rubya Mehdi The Islamization of the Law in Pak­ istan

Deatailed critical study of the re­ forms made in recent years to the law in Pakistan with the ostensible objective of bringing it into line with the requirements of Islam.

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Official opening Centre of Non-Western Studies (CNWS) INSTITUTIONAL

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search Institute Centre o f Non-W estern Studies,in w hich 15 research clusters in the field o f non-W estern Studies, co-operate, was ofFically opened by the Rector Magnificus o f Leiden University, Professor L. Leertouwer, during a solemn ceremony in the ‘Groot A uditorium ’ o f the Academy Building.

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Professor G. M cTuman Kahin, founder of the Institute of Indonesian Studies at Cornell University, was the guest speaker at the opening of the Research Institute CNW S in Leiden, September 2 7 , 1 9 93.

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Non-W estern studies will not be hit by cuts in expenditure during the next five years. Leertouwer w ould like to see reciprocal presta­ tion for this W estern sacrifice. He hopes that CNWS will develop into a respected research institute as a pendent to SOAS on the continent: the Leiden School for Oriental and African Studies (LSOAS).

haar huidig orgaan Liwa al-Islam. 8 9 p p ., in c l. b ib l. L e id e n 1 9 9 1 .

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Seminar l"Ti he ReX search Cluster for the History o f the European Ex­ pansion o f the CNWS is orga­ nizing a one-day seminar on the impact o f missionary activities on indigenous societies. The meeting will take place in the Snouck Hurgronje-huis (Rapenburg 61, Lei­ den) on November 25, 1993, and will commence at 10.00 a.m. At the time o f publication o f this newsletter a definitive program m e was not yet available, but special­ ists from Great Britain, Germany, Belgium, and The Netherlands will participate.

For wore infromation: W. van den Doel (31)71-272768

Asian Studies Association of Australia The biennial conference o f the ASAA w ill be held at Murdoch University in Perth, in July 1994. The ASAA is the professional organisation for those engaged in teaching and research on Asia in Australia.

It has a membership of 800, many o f who occupy leading positions in Australia’s Schools and Universities.

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In the speeches given by the di­ rector o f CNWS, Professor D.H.A. Kolff, and by the Dean o f the Fac­ ulty o f Arts o f Leiden University, Professor C. Fasseur, it became clear that researchers working in the field o f non-W estern studies, including Asianists, carry a big re­ sponsibility w ith respect to their colleagues in the field o f Western studies w ho will have to carry the burden o f recent cuts in the b ud­ get o f the Faculty o f Arts.

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• Erik Ziircher, Nicolas Standaert s.j. and Adrianus Dudink, Bibliog­ raphy of the Jesuit Mission in China, ca. 1580-ca. 1680. 136 pp. Lei­ den 1991. ISBN 90-73782-05-8.

Price: DFl. 24.50 • W ille m in a W e n d r ic h , Who is afraid of basketry. A guide to recording basketry and cordage for archaeologists and ethnographers. 1 5 6 p p . in c l. b ib l. a n d i n d e x , p lu s illu s tr. a n d p h o t o g r a p h s . L e id e n 1 9 9 1 . ISBN 9 0 - 7 3 7 8 2 - 0 6 - 6 . P ric e : D Fl.

29.50 J. P. B. de Josselin de Jong. Curator and Archaeologist. A

• F. R. E ffert,

Study of his Early Career ( 1 9 1 0 - 1 9 3 5 ) . Together with a bibli­ ography of J. P. B. de Josselin de Jong ( 1 8 8 6 - 1 9 6 4 ) , by F. R. Effert and H.

F. Vermeulen. 120 pp., incl. bibl. and index, plus photogr. and maps. Leiden 1992. ISBN 9073782-07-4. Price: DFl. 29.50 • A.W.H. Massier, Beknopt juridisch woordenboek IndonesischNederlands. pp. 190. Leiden 1992. ISBN 90-73782-08-2.

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110 plus bibl. Leiden 1992.

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Price: DFl. 50 • Roy van der Drift, Arbeid en Alco­ hol. De dynamiek van de rijstteelt en het gezag van de oudste bij de Balanta Brassa in Guinee Bissau, xxxix plus 368 pp., incl. ill. and bibl. ISBN 9073782-14-7. Price: DFl. 45 • R. ]. Demarée and A. Egberts, Village Voices: Proceedings of the Symposium ‘Texts from Deir el-Medma and their Interpretation’, Leiden, May 31-June 1, 1991. 147 pp., incl. ill. and bibl. ISBN 90-73782-16-3.

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T 7 very two years the ASAA holds XL a regular conference w hich presents the opportunity for the dissemination o f new ideas and for members to meet. In 1994 in Western Australia the theme o f the ASAA conference will be Environ­ ment, State, and Society in Asia: the Legacy of the Twentieth Century. In addition to the usual sessions, this conference will include sessions on Law, Envi­ ronm ental Politics and Environ­ mental Sciences.

CONFERENCE STUDIES AREAS AND THEIR APPROPRIATE PANEL CONVENERS: China Theme: Unions and the Environ­ m ent Beverley Hooper Centre of Asian Studies University of Western Australia Nedlands WA 6009 Tel: (61-9)380 2121 Fax: (61-9) 380 1167

West Asia Theme: Ecological Interpretations o f Asian History Frank Broeze Department of History University of Western Australia Nedlands WA 6009 Tel: (61-9) 380 2139 Fax: (61-9) 380 1069

Teacher Education Theme: Environmental H ealth/ Law Lindy Norris Education Murdoch University Murdoch WA 6 150 Tel: (61-9) 360 6204 Fax: (61-9) 310 5299

Law Theme: Perception o f the Environ­ m ent In Asia Catherine lorns Law School Murdoch University Murdoch WA 6 150 Tel: (61-9) 360 6204 Fax: (61-9) 310 6671

Asian Studies Association of Australia Biennial Conference 13 - 16 fuly 1994

Environment, State and Society in Asia: The Legacy of the Twentieth Century

Murdoch University Perth, Western Australia

Japan Theme: Tribal People and Devel­ opm ent in Asia

Langage and Linguistics Theme: Population and the Envi­ ronm ent in Asia

Radha Krishnan

Orie Muta

Humanities Murdoch University Murdoch WA 6 150 Tel: (61-9) 360 2864 Fax: (61-9) 360 4944

Humanities Murdoch University Murdoch WA 6 150 Tel: (61-9) 360 2522 Fax: 961-9) 310 4944

South Asia Theme: NGO’s and Environmental Advocacy

Roger Lethbridge Biological and Environmental Science

Peter Reeves School of Social Sciences Curtin University Benteley WA 6 102 Tel: (61-9) 351 7395 Fax: (61-9) 351 3166

Science

Murdoch University Murdoch WA 6150 Tel: (61-9)360 2925 Fax: (61-9) 310 4997

Regional and other themes Carol Warren/Krishna Sen

South East Asia Theme: Political Economy o f Envi­ ronm ental Conflict James Warren

Humanities Murdoch University Murdoch WA 6 150 Tel: (61-9) 360 2345

Humanities Murdoch University Murdoch WA 6 150

(61-9) 360 2188 Fax: (61-9) 310 6285

Tel: (61-9) 360 2587 Fax: (61-9)360 6285

For further infomation contact either: David Goodman Convenor Val Faulkner Organiser Tel: (61-9) 360 6233 Fax: (61-9)310 4944

upon receipt of order form.

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It is proposed to set up a Centre to encourage the study o f India in Europe. In London it will provide accommodation, a meeting place, and fellowships and scholarships. In New Delhi it will provide a base for visiting scholars and their activities, in association with other institutes in India.

IT1 he proposal began with a genX erous offer of support from Dr. Swraj Paul of the Caparo Group Ltd., and has been developed in the Centre of South Asian Studies at the SOAS by the chairman, Dr. Peter Robb, and Mr. K.N. Malik, Senior Research Fellow, in consul­ tation with the Director of SOAS, the Indian High Commission, the British Foreign Office, and many others.The British Prime Minister, Mr Major, endorsed the proposal in a recent speech in New Delhi.

W hy London?

London is one of the world’s great centres of information and expertise. The University of Lon­ don is already the home for many famous centres of advanced stud­ ies, among wich the India Centre will take its place. In SOAS (the School of Oriental and African Studies) between 40 and SO full­ time academics concentrate on South Asia, and the library holds the largest South Asian collection in Britain. London’s collections on India are enormous, and only a fraction of them has been studied.

In london there are many practi­ tioners in Indo-European relations in business, the media, NGOs and government. London is thus the in­ evitable port of call for students of India, from Britain and Europe, from the rest of the world, or even from India itself. Moreover, IndoBritish relations are long-standing and strong, and now, significantly, part of wider Indo-European con­ nections.

W hy New Delhi?

There are several bodies in India which serve to represent and assist foreign scholars working on India.

These are national in basis; exam­ ples are the institutes serving Americans and Canadians. Scholars in Britain have long felt the need for a similar body, to augment the work of the British Council (which is naturally most concerned with projecting British culture); the British Association for South Asian Studies endorsed the idea most re­ cently at its annual conference in 1992, but as yet it has not been possible to set up such a body.

Now, it seems appropriate to seek to set up one institute that would serve the needs of scholars from all over the European Community. It would assist in their work, organ­ ise joint ventures between Euro­ peans and Indians, and facilitate links between institutions.

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W hy an Indian Studies Centre?

The question is as much what India can do for Europe as what can be done in Europe for India.

India is important to Europe as a great civilisation, as a huge and populous nation, and as a major regional power. For scholars today as in the past, India provides a cru­ cial test of much of the under­ standing of the world and its prob­ lems. Over a million people of In­ dian origin live in Europe, many making major contributions in various fields. Yet there is no Euro­ pean institute, of the kind pro­ posed, dedicated to the study of India.

Two main needs have been iden­ tified. The first is to provide a fo­ rum for the study of India in Eu­ rope. The subjects of particular in­ terest and importance will change from time to time. The second need is to raise the profile of Indi­ an studies generally by attracting scholars and students to work on Indian topics. For many in Britain and Europe, and for many in In­ dia, it is hard to conduct research in London. There are also difficul­ ties in instituting and coordinating work by European scholars in In­ dia.

How will the Centre operate?

It would be an institute of ad­ vanced study, a distinct and inde­ pendent body, defining its own character and priorities. It would also be associated with the Univer­ sity of London and affiliated to SOAS (as an educational charity).

Dedicated to performing a general European role, it would establish close ties with centres of Indian studies elsewhere. In London it would include accommodation for temporary fellows and researchers, offices, and seminar rooms. It would be run by a director and an administrator under a board of management. The link with SOAS would help reduce adminitrative and other costs, and also allow members of the Centre access to the Library and other facilities of SOAS and the University. In New Delhi it is hoped that the institute would acquire its own accommo­ dation; it would enter into an as­ sociation with universities and in­ stitutes of advanced study and such bodies as the Nehru Memorial Li­ brary and Museum.

W hat are the initial priorities?

First, it is intended that the Cen­ tre should be open to scholars and

students from a wide range of Eu­ ropean and Indian centres. A simi­ lar proposal has alredy been raised between representatives of SOAS and other centres elswhere in Eu­ rope, notably in Amsterdam, Paris and Heidelberg. Affiliations will be invited from all such institutions of standing, including other cen­ tres in Scandinavia and Italy, and centres in Britain, for example those in Cambridge, Edinburgh, Hull, Oxford and Sussex. Naturally very close links will be established with universities and research councils in India.

Secondly, the Centre will recruit temporary Fellows and students of highest calibre, and will seek to at­ tract further placements by special agreements with funding bodies and donors. In London such schol­ ars will also have access to the fa­ cilities of SOAS, and, where appro­ priate, will be registered there for research degrees. In New Delhi they would be affiliated to the Centre and/or to co-operating in­ stitutions.

Thirdly, particular projects will be selected for special attention.

Subject to the decisions of the management board, the Centre is expected to concentrate on envi­ ronmental and developmental studies, trade, the Indian diaspora, and European-Indian relations.

W hat help is sought?

The Centre will need an endow­ ment to enable it to obtain premis­ es and to fund its basic activities.lt is expected that it would also raise funds subsequently for special pro­ jects, and that some of its activities would be self-financing from fees or grants. We expect support from the British and Indian govern­ ments and from the European Commission to mark the long his­ tory and present warmth of their relations. Sponsorship could be of three kinds: • contributions to the endowment fund, to which a very substantial commitment has already been made by the Caparo Group; • one-time grants to assist with the initial costs; • agreed allocation to the Centre of parts of existing budgets (for example for exchange visits or research studentships).

Some details o f the proposal

The Indian Studies Centre will: • promote, and develop priorities in, research in Europe on Indian civilisation, history, culture, pol­ itics, economic development, and international relations - par­ ticularly on contemporary is­ sues, the Indian diaspora, and Indo-European relations; • provide a base for European scholars working in India, and assist in making links between

them and Indian scolars there; • provide a focus and meeting points in London and New Delhi for those interested in such fields of study, including schol­ ars, Indians in Europe, journal­ ists and businessmen; • award research studentships, post-doctoral fellowships and temporary visiting lectureships and professorships (at SOAS); • offer residential accommodation in London to such students, fel­ lows and visitors; • co-ordinate or co-operate in spe­ cial workshops and projects in both London and New Delhi in association with other national and international organisations; • encourage scolarly publications, and public awareness, about In­ dia.

will include scholars at other insti­ tutions within Europe, business­ men, officials, and diplomats. A larger advisory board of corre­ spondents will be set up on an in­ ternational basis.

To mark the Centre as an entity, its building in London will pro­ vide meeting rooms, office space, and limited residential accommo­ dation for married visitors, and for persons sharing facilities. It will be located in accommodation on a site on or close to central campus of the University of London. An office will also be needed in New Delhi, but the possibility of pro­ viding fuller accommodation will be explored. ◄

Thus the Centre will significant­ ly enhance research opportunities, help create a critical mass of activi­ ty, bring Indian studies to a wide audience, and benefit both India and Europe.

The two most important aspects which we lack at present and which we will make the Centre stand out from all others, are (a) residential accommodation for vis­ iting scholars and students; (b) an institutional base for European scholars in Europe; (c) an ability to provide from its own resources for the encouragement of research on India within Europe. In London the present situation will be trans­ formed by the provision of quite a small number of flats and rooms, and by the existence of a research and fellowship fund. In New Delhi there is also much that can be done with most permanent establish­ ment to facilitate study and ex­ changes between Europe and India.

The Centre will promote an in­ terdisciplinary approach, and de­ velop research techniques, espe­ cially for issues which need urgent attention at present. Some of these are: • the use and development of nat­ ural resources, with regard to the consequences for environment and society; • global communications and their implications for local cultures; • transmigration, religious and ethno-nationalism; • strategic security concerns and international co-operation; • technology-transfer and its im­ pact on economic development and • systems and problems of gover­ nance.

Tel: (44)71-6372388

For more information contact:

SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Rusell Square London W C IHOXG

It is not proposed to place any restriction upon the candidates for awards. It is equally important for the Centre on the one hand to pro­ vide opportunities for scholars and students in Europe to study India, and on the other hand to allow In­ dian academics to work in Britain and share their expertise with Eu­ ropeans.

The Centre will need an initial capital fund, an also raise monies for particular projects. It will ap­ point full-time administrators in London and India, but its director would in the first instance be a member of the academic staff of SOAS. The board of management

Fax: (44) 71-46363897

Pioneer-Award 1993 of the NWO Dr G.L. van Driem, a linguist from Leiden University, re­ ceived the ‘Pioniersprijs 1993’ o f one million Dutch guilders for his Himalayan Languages Project. The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) has initiated this prize to sup­ port researchers to set up or extend research in their field o f study.

X T an Driem is the co-ordinator V of a team of young linguistic researchers, who are trying to transcribe the yet unknown lan­ guages of Nepal and Bhutan. Each linguistic description contains in­ formation of indigenous literature and grammar as well as a glossary.

The research project focuses also on oral history, indigenous be­ lieves, eschatology and local ritu­ als, The researchers have a thor­ ough command of the Nepalese and Dzongka language which en­ ables them to collect their data in an effective manner.

The Himalayas are inhibited by a wide range of mixed ethnic groups, cultures and language families. However, in the less ac­ cessible areas there are still com­ munities who carry the linguistic knowledge of the original ethnic communities. These original eth­ nic communities are seen as the last representatives of the rich cul­ ture and history of this area.

By order of the Bhutanese gov­ ernment the researchers describe the grammar of the national lan­ guage of Bhutan. They also collect data on a wide number of lan­ guages and cultures of indigenous sjamanistic tribes. Due to this (pi­ oneer) research project the lin­ guistic data of different ethnic groups in the Himalayas are mapped systematically for the first time.

(Source: Jaarbericht 1 9 9 2 -1 9 9 3 the Leiden University, p. 12)

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The Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies The Oxford Centre for Islamic studies has in i­ tiated a four year project o f international aca­ demic collaboration concerned w ith a study o f the social and intellectual roots o f Muslim civilization on South Asia. The specific goal is N E W S to research and publish an atlas, w ith sup­ porting text, o f the intellectual history o f Is­ lam in South Asia from the 13th to the 19th centuries.

The project, which began in Autumn, 1991, under the direc­ tion o f Dr. Farhan Nizami, Director o f O.C.I.S is supported by grants form the Leverhulme Trust, the M ellon Foundation, and the Faysal Islamic Bank.

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The atlas is slated to be the first in a seven-volume series to be pub­ lished by Oxford University Press on the social and intellectual histo­ ry of Muslims. Each volume of the atlas series is to be devoted to a specific region of the Islamic World.

The central theme of the Atlas is the spread and development of Is­ lamic cultural and intellectual life on the Subcontinent. While there are a number of existing works concerned with Islam in the re­ gion, to date, none have compre­ hensively examined such themes as the transmission of ideas and be­ liefs, the importance of Haj, the development of sects, the develop­ ment and diffusion of schools of law and sufi orders, the spread of political ideas and concepts, the rise, spread, and interlinkages of reformist and revitalization move­ ments, the spread and develop­ ment of languages and literature, and the transmission of artistic forms and ideas, across the entire Subcontinent. The atlas will consist of approximately twenty-five main maps, accompanied by analytic text, and supplemented by inset maps and tables. The major themes to be researched and depicted are as follows: Centres of Education and Learning

The emergence and influence of the major centres of Islamic Learn­ ing in South Asia will be investi­ gated. Special attention will be paid to madrasahs (religious col­ leges) and khanqahs (mystic train­ ing centres). Each of the major centres of learning will be identi­ fied, charts will establish links be­ tween them, prominent personali­

ties associated with them will be listed, their influence in the evolu­ tion and dissemination of Muslim theological, philosophical, politi­ cal and social thought will be pre­ sented, an their role in the spread of Islam analyzed.

Theological and Philosophical Movements

The origins, development, spread, impact and interaction of various theological-philosophical traditions in South Asia will be re­ searched. Special attention will be paid to contributions made from the region in the areas of com­ mentaries on the Qur’an and the Hadith, and treaties on mysticism and jurisprudence.

Sufi Orders

This section will deal with the origins, development and diffu­ sion of major mystic brotherhoods in South Asia. The links between the various orders will be depicted and major centres of sufi activity and their influence will be identi­ fied. The periodic overlapping be­ tween different sufi orders on the one hand and between the ulama (religious scholars) and the sufis on the other, which has important implications for an understanding of the nature and thought of the religious and intellectual elite, will be studied.

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be identified. The extent to which the shari’ah was enforced in South Asia during different periods of time will be discussed in the text.

Modes of Transmission of Knowledge and Culture

This key section will Comple­ ment almost all the others above. It will deal with various modes through which interchange of ideas has taken place between Muslims in South Asia and the rest of the Muslim World. This will in­ clude the mapping of Haj and trade routes, local shrines, major migrations of Muslims into the re­ gion, the ‘movements’ of impor­ tant texts into and out of the re­ gion, travel of religious education or spiritual training, etc.

Religious, Social and Political Movements

The rise of religious, social and political movements among South Asian Muslims, from medieval times to the end of the nineteenth century, and their links with ideas and trends elsewhere in the Mus­ lim World, will be the primary fo­ cus of this section. Since many philosophical and theological movements in Islam have been in­ timately connected with politics, a major portion of the research un­ der this section will concentrate upon identifying the links between these two.

The project requires the co-op­ eration of historians, cartogra­ phers, and computer experts.

Computer software is currently be­ ing developed which will co-ordi­ nate raw data and provide a major research tool for preliminary anal­ ysis. The core team based at Ox­ ford consists of six researchers, and a cartographic and computer consultant. Academic consultants to the project include Professor C.E. Bosworth, of the University of Manchester, Professor Roy Mottahedeh of Harvard University, and Albert Hourani, of St. Anthony’s College. Though the project is based at Oxford, the distribution of books, manuscripts, and other source material requires the in­ volvement of scholars in India, Pakistan, and the United States.

The Atlas Project has established a North American base at Havard University, consisting of two re­ search fellows conducting research under the supervision of Havard’s Committee on Islamic Studies. In India and Pakistan, local research teams, responsible for regional source materials, are currently be­ ing established. -4

EMBASSY OF FRANCE, NEW DELHI (INDIA)

The Centre for Human Science The Centre for Human Sciences (Centre de Sciences HuN E W S maines or C.S.H. for short) is one o f the two French research centres in In­ dia, the other one being the French Institute o f Pondi­ cherry (Institut Francais de Pondichéry or I.F.P. for short).

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TJ stablished in 1989 and entire-

J_i ly funded by the French Gov­ ernment (Ministère des Affaires Etrangères/Sous-direction des Sci­ ences Sodales et Humaines), it is an autonomous section of the Of­ fice of the Counsellor for Cultural, Scientific and Technnical Coopera­ tion of the Embassy of France.

Apart from the director, there are research fellows, affiliated to Indian universities or research in­ stitutions. The fellowhsips can be awarded not only to French na­ tionals but to any citizen of the E.E.C. The director of the C.S.H. is assisted by a scientific committee consisting of eminent French scholars and representatives of the major French research institutions.

The role of the C.S.H. is to im­ plement joint research pro­ grammes, and to disseminate in­ formation about research.

RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Areas for research are identi­ fied in consultation with French and Indian scholars.

The programmes currently under way relate to archaeol­ ogy, history, anthropology, political science, interantional relations and cognitive sci­ ences.

Indo-Greek history and numis­ matics

Dr. O. Bopearachchi, Centre Na­ tional de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), is studying a collection of terracotta coin-moulds which seem to have been found in preKushan archaeological layers in and around the well-known an­ cient site of Rohtak, and were used for the mass production of coun­ terfeits of Indo-Greek coins.

Schools of Law

This section will depict the growth of the Hanafi school of law in South Asia. The other schools of law with fewer followers such as Ja’fari and Shafi’i will also be ex­ amined. Major centres for the study of fiqh will be identified, linkages between different schools and individual scholars in South Asia and beyond will be presented, and important works on fiqh will

Study of the town of Chanderi (Madhy Pradesh)

For further information contact: O xfo rd C e n tre for Islamic Studies

St. Cross College Oxford OX I 3 STU Great Britain Tel: (44) 865-725077 Fax: (44) 865-248942

An Indo-French team led by Prof. G. Fussman, Collége de France, and Prof. K.L. Sharma, Jawaharlal Nehru University, and consisting of historians, sociolo­ gists, linguists, architects and town-planners, has undertaken to study the development of Chanderi since its foundation in the 13th

century. Automatic cartography is extensively used in collaboration with the Agence d’Urbanisme pour 1’Agglomeration Strasbourgeoise.

Rock art studies

Dr. M. Lorblanchet, CNRS, is collaborating with the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi, in rock art stud­ ies. They intend to launch a joint field research project for a com­ parative study of a painted rock shelter in India (Jhiri, near Bhopal) and a painted cave in France (Marcenac, Dordogne).

Ancient trade between Rome and India

Prof. A. Tchernia, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes et Sciences So­ dales (EHESS) has undertaken a study of the trade links between ancient India and the Mediter­ ranean sea during the Roman peri­ od, using mainly the Roman am­ phorae found in India as evidence, as well as texts and coins.

Diffusion of the potter1s wheel

Through a micro-morphologic analysis of ancient pottery found in northwestern India, an ethnoarchaeologist, Dr. V. Roux, and a ceramologist, Dr. B. Lyonnet, both from CNRS, endeavour to differen­ tiate hand-made from wheelthrown pottery in order to ascer­ tain the date of the appearance of the potter’s wheel and the way this discovery was diffused.

Indo-Persian history and culture

Studies have been carried out on various aspects of the Indo-Persian culture, such as music, the art of the book and the miniature etc.

Closer links have been established between Indian and French spe­ cialists of this period. A workshop was held in Paris and a joint semi­ nar in India is envisaged.

Interstate relations in South Asia

Dr. G. Boquérat, research fellow at C.S.H., is studying the history of interstate relations betwee India and its neighbours of the South Asian Association for Regional Co­ operation.

Anthropology of domestic ritu­ als of the zoroastrians in India

E. Phalippou, a visual anthropol­ ogist and research fellow at C.S.H., is studying the domestic rituals among the zoroastrian community of Bombay and Pune, especially the Iranis who, from the end of the 19th century onwards, have immigrated and settled in India.

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The Tabligh Jam a’at (Nizamuddin, New Delhi) as a social and collective movement The research on the Tabligh Ja­ m a’at, conducted by M. Ghalmi, a political scientist and research fel­ low at C.S.H., focuses mainly on the modes of socialising and com­ munal conducts among members of this organisation.

Lately, two collaborative projects have been launched, one in cogni­ tive sciences, the other one in ar­ chaeology.

The project in cognitive sciences has started with a first Indo-French seminar held in Delhi in December 1992.

The archaeological project is lo­ cated in Bangladesh and involves a joint excavation on the site of Mahasthan (Bogra district). The French director of the project, scheduled to start in February 1993, is Dr. J.-F. Salles, CNRS. Mahasthan was a major urban site of the Mauryan period (3rd century B.C.) till the 17th century.

DISSEMINATION OF INFOR­ MATION ABOUT RESEARCH In order to popularise in India the achievements of French re­ search, the C.S.H. has defined a programme policy of translation of scholarly French articles for publi­ cation in Indian leading journals.

The C.S.H. also organises, in col­ laboration with various Indian aca­ demic institutions, lectures by em­ inent French visiting scholars, and it contributes to the setting up of joint seminars either in India or in France.

The C.S.H. has opened a human sciences resource unit consisting mainly in a computerised refer­ ence catalogue of institutions and researchers in the field of the sci­ ences of man and society in India as well as in France. Specific data bases have also been compiled, such as one of Indo-Persian insti­ tutions and researchers in India, and one of political scientists in Delhi.

The C.S.H. also has a research li­ brary, open to scholars of any na­ tionality, which contains over S000 volumes and subscribes to more than 85 scholarly journals mostly published in India.

The C.S.H. has a small guest­ house on its premises for visiting researchers and students from France or any other country (for reservation, contact C.S.H.). 4

PTl he American indologist J. Wendy Doniger, who has been invited to give the first J. Gonda lecture. The Gonda fund has been established in 1993 under the aus­ pices of the Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences and has the task of administering the inheri­ tance bequeathed to the Academy by the Sanskritist and indologist Professor J. Gonda who died last year.

Doniger has published several books in the field of Indology, e.g. a translation of the 108 hymns of the Rig Veda (Penguin Classics).

Other well-known studies by her in the field of Hindu mythology are ‘Women, Androgynes, and other Mythical Beasts’ (1980), ‘Dreams, Illusions, and other Real­ ities’ (1984), ‘Tales of Sex and Vi­ olence: Folklore, Sacrifice, and the danger in Jaiminiya Brahmana’ (1985) and ‘ ‘Other Peoples’ Myths: The Cave of Echoes’ (1988).

Wendy Doniger studied Sanskrit and Indology at Harvard Universi­ ty, and Oriental Culture at Oxford University, She has lectured at the universities of Havard, Oxford, London and Berkeley. At the m o­ ment she holds the Micrea Eliade

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Wendy Doniger Title of the lecture: Masquerading Mothers and False Fathers in Ancient Indian Mythology.

Place:

KNAW building, Kloveniers­ burgwal 29, Amsterdam

Chair of the History of Religions at the University of Chicago. In 1984 she was elected as chairman of the American Academy of Religion and in 1989 she became a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

In her lecture ‘Masquerading Mothers and False Fathers in An­ cient Indian Mythology’ Wendy Doniger will examine in detail the history of the old Indian myth of the masquerading parents. This myth is already present in the ear­ liest Indian text, the Rig Veda, in which it is related that the sun god is abandoned by his wife, who leaves behind a surrogate of her­ self; this surrogate gives birth to twins, Yama and Manu, the ances­ tors of the human race. All the heroes in the famous epic Mahabharata descend from these surro­ gate parents, with all the tragic consequences this entails. Wendy Doniger will treat the implications of the myth from a theological and psychological point of view. 4

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Special Panels In addition there will be two special panels devoted to a review of Sanskritic Studies: i) the Pandita Tradition and Western Epistemes in Indology, and ii) Contemporary Indology and Cultural Analysis. The intent of these panels is to consider new possibilities in Indologica! studies into the next century. Anyone wishing to contribute to these panels or to propose others should contact the organizing committee.

MAY 1 6 -2 1 , 1992, PARIS, FRANCE

The MSH Women’s Meeting A triangular symposium on feminism and feminist research in REPORTS France, India and Russia was organised by the Maision des Sciences de 1’Homme.

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The sessions centred on six themes: • the present status of wom en’s movements in the three coun­ tries and their primary concerns; • the degree of political power ex­ ercised by women (who consti­ tute five percent of the elected legislatures in each case); • work in the home and outsidenecessity, rights, obligation, and access to superior positions; • wom en’s writing - depiction of women in literature; • wom en’s sexuality and violence against womenjand • themes for continuing research; possibilities for joint studies and other forms of collaboration.

From the prepared papers and the very lively discussions it be­ came clear that the same words, however carefully translated, did not necessarily cover the same con­ cepts and approaches. For example, in Russia today one section of women demand the right not to work so they can take care of their homes and children; in France a move toward part-time and special arrangements of working hours for women in effect emphasizes their primary responsibility to their fam­ ilies; in India a key problem is the employment of women in smallscale production with unacceptable conditions and no legal protection.

The importance given by the Indi­ ans to the influence of the colonial heritage in the construction of the feminine image surprised some of their French auditors.All three del­ egations expressed uneasiness with regard to the rise in their respective countries of fundamentalist reli­ gious and nativist campaigns.

Indian participants included Jashodhara Bagchi of the Jadavpur University in Calcutta, Malini Bhattacharya, a member of the Indian Parliament, Maithreyi Krishna Raj now associated with the Institute of Social Studies in the Hague, Susie Tharu of the Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages in Hyderabad, and Sujata Patel of the SNDT Women’s Univesity in Bombay. Plans are under way for a follow-up meeting in India in the spring of 1994. 4 For further information contact:

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8-1 I SEPTEMBER, 1994, TOULOUSE, FRANCE

The 13 th European Conference of Modern South Asian Studies The confer­ ence is, as usual, open to all re­ searchers on subjects concerning South Asia, and aims at the integration and the advance­ ment o f South Asian Studies throughout Europe.

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t r i hese conferences have taken

X place biennally since 1967 and have played an important part in creating a European community of scholars working on South Asia.

The organizers of the 1994 con­ ference believe such assemblies have two important functions.

The importance of the confer­ ences in aintaining and extending existing networks, and in creating new contacts between scholars, should not be underestimated.

This function is perhaps most im­ portant for those researchers who work in a setting where South Asian studies are relatively weak; many of us work most of the year with colleagues who have no par­ ticular interest in our region.The conferences serve an important function by bringing such scholars into contact with their colleagues working in the important centres of South Asian Studies.

To be really successful, however, conferences should not only serve as meeting-places. Ideally, each one of us should leave the confer­ ence with a feeling of inspiration, of having gained new ideas and new perspectives. This goal, which ultimately amounts to using the conference as a tool for promoting the quality of European research on South Asia in general, is, of course, more difficult to achieve.

Nevertheless, it should remain the ambition of the organizers to ar­ range sessions in such a way as to stimulate new debate as well as to provide a forum for established themes.

At the general meeting in Berlin, at the close of the last conference, there was a widely felt wish to avoid sessions that simply assem­ ble contributions under general themes. While such sessions pro­ vide a forum for presentation of research, they leave little room for real debate. The solution proposed by most of the participants was to have more but smaller sessions, or­ ganized around closely-defined themes of research; in this way, the convener is freer to allow de­ bate, and the participants may be assumed to take a more active part in the discussion.

It is the view of the present or­ ganizers that, while a large num­ ber of small specialized sessions may prove useful to the partici­ pants of each such group, there is a

concomitant danger of breaking up the conference, leaving too lit­ tle room for cross-disciplinary de­ bate and for new perspectives While conference participants may be satisfied with the debate within their own group, they may find other groups too specialized for their interest. In short, there is the danger of providing for the first of the two fuctions of the conference that we have men­ tioned, at the cost of the second.

Implicitly, by giving such schol­ ars the opportunity to associate with their colleagues this carries a danger of organizing a conference that provides for the integration of isolated scholars into the main­ stream of research, but does not cater for the interest that will at­ tract established scholars to the conference. We believe that this is one factor which explains why re­ cent conferences have sometimes failed to attract some of the fore­ most South Asia scholars in Eu­ rope.

This has led us to choose, to adopt a dual approach. We will not, of course, prevent any groups of scholars from assembling under the aegis of the conference to con­ tinue an existing debate on an es­ tablished theme.

But at the same time, we would like to include, a limited number of sessions expressly designed to provoke cross-disciplinary debate and generate new debates. Such sessions should be convened by scholars of standing who are thought capable of integrating a wide range of viewpoints into a common discourse.

In the following section we have grouped some such sessions, un­ der the heading of ‘cross-disci­ plinary themes’, while other pro­ posals, most of them made at the Berlin meeting, are grouped under ‘specialized sessions’. In some cas­ es, conveners have already pro­ posed making their sessions into ‘work groups’, providing for pre­ conference sessions, after which the conference will serve to pre­ sent results of a certain common enterprise.

Within this dual framework, the organizers intend to allow the con­ veners maximum freedom to orga­ nize their sessions within an allo­ cated framework of time and space. The goal of each session should still be to achieve a pub­ lishable form. Thus, while crossdisciplinary sessions should aim at presenting to the potential reader a theme of interest to outsiders, spe­ cialized sessions should aim at a level of professionalization which makes publication feasible. In each case, therefore, the convener must aim expressly to achieve an im­ provement on the existing ‘state of the art’.

We propose to group the spe­ cialized sessions to run parallel on one day of the conference, and to reserve two days for the interdisci­ plinary sessions. If practicable, such an organization will make it possible for participants to pursue their special interest as well as to enjoy the interdisciplinary debate.

Sessions proposed at this stage: INTERDISCIPLINARY SESSIONS The Forest

Proposed and directed by Charles Malamoud. This sessions may include such themes as: the symbolic conception of the forest in Indian thought at different epochs and from various angles (e.g. the forest as domain of the renouncer); the role of the forest in a sociological and economic sense (e.g. the strategic role of the forest in traditional warfare); pre­ sent ecological questions; and the relegation of tribal people to forest areas. This session is explicitly open to any contribution which may add to our understanding of the role of the forest in South Asian culture.

Humour and emotions in South Asian Arts and sciences

We propose to ask Francis Zimmermann to head this session, per­ haps in the collaboration with McKim Marriott. These two schol­ ars have contributed greatly to clarifying the central role that in­ digenous categories play in struc­ turing traditional arts and sciences in the subcontinent. Contributions might, be made from any branch of arts or sciences, but always with a view to expounding the concep­ tual basis of the subject. Thus se­ mantic themes, studied by lin­ guists, have not yet been brought into contact with this debate; and it should not be forgotten that grammar was perhaps the ultimate science in ancient India. It might be extremely interesting to have input from Islamic or Buddhist tra­ ditions to clarify their relationship with classical Hindu ideas. It might, moreover, be interesting to see how far the influence of tradi­ tional thought can be traced into the modern context.

Power and politics in the hier­ archical universe

Here, we propose Jean-Claude Galey, who has recently contribut­ ed to the study of traditional kingship, as well as Alphonse Bernard, representing modern political sci­ ence, as conveners. Galey’s state­ ment that the ideas of kingship re­ tain their importance well after the disappearance of the institution it­ self,may be taken as a point of de­

parture here. Thus the session should concentrate on the concep­ tion of power and politics, but might incude contributions from any period or from any available type of source material; ideas im­ plicit in current politics as well as those found in ancient or mediae­ val sources. It may be noted that the alternative nuclei of power provided by merchants and other important urban groups have sel­ dom been brought into this de­ bate.

Reconstructing South Asian History

We would like to approach Bur­ ton Stein and/or Jacques Pouchepadass to head this session. Recent studies have been able to make use of sources not previously taken into account for this purpose.

These include indigenous histori­ ography and recent archaelogical discoveries; at the same time , tra­ ditional sources continue to retain their importance. The question of a critical approach to source mate­ rials is more important than ever.

Another recent contribution comes from reconstruction by anthropol­ ogists or historians inspired by an­ thropology. Questions raised by scholars in subsidiary subjects or by critiques o f ‘orientalism’ may be relevant to the debate. On the whole, there would seem to be a need to consider the role of these recent developments globally.

vidual. Psychologists as well as an­ thropologists have made a contri­ bution to this debate, which ought, perhaps , to be brought into contact with studies from tex­ tual materials, where such themes as bhakti, asceticism, and renunci­ ation deal explicitly with the role of the individual. What is striking is the large number of alternatives offered to the individual in the South Asian setting. Looking at the theme from this angle, we hope to transcend the division between specialists in each of the, some­ times conflicting, religious tradi­ tions under study.

SPECIALIZED SESSIONS Work Groups

• Ethnohistorical and anthropo­ logical approaches to the study of the Himalayan Region (Bouiller, Toffin) • Structure of Tribal Rituals: Fic­ tion and Reality (M.Carrin) • Marriage Presentations (G.Pfeif­ fer) • Muslim Shrines (H.Basu) • Authority and Power in the Princely States (E.Fasana) Panels

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The village revisted

We would like to propose JeanLuc Chambard and Gabriella Eichinger Ferro-Luzzi to head this session. The great period of an­ thropological studies of the village is past; some scholars however, have recently re-opened the field.

But, at the same time, new per­ spectives on the village have been coming from other disciplines (see: Ferro-Luzzi’s specialized ses­ sion on the ‘village in modern South Asian literature’). Histori­ ans, too , are taking a greater in­ terest in the village, not least through the study juridical docu­ ments. Urbanists have recently ex­ plored the other pole of the urbanrural continuum —how do their conclusions reflect on the village?

We think the time is ripe to at­ tempt an integrated view of the place of the village in South Asian culture, not only on the sociologi­ cal or economic, but also the con­ ceptual level - ‘imagining the vil­ lage’.

Ritual and the individual

We would like to ask Jonathan Parry and Francoise Mallison to head this session. Recent studies of therapeutic cults have underlined the important role of ritual in the symbolic constitution of the indi­

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IRIAN JAYA STUDIES

A programma for Interdisciplinary Research (ISIR) During the next seven years, about twenty re­ searchers PROJECTS from different disciplines shall work in the Birdshead, a penninsula in the northwesten part o f Irian Jaya. This scientific operation in former N ew Guinea, has been made possible by a grant o f 6.5 m illion guilders o f The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NW O).

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M p he Birdshead’s land area o f X about 40.000 square kilom e­ ters, is inhabited by 300.000 peo­ ple, consisting o f 30 ethnic groups. In all eighteen different languages are spoken. The intiator and supervisor o f the ISIR-project is Professor W.A.L. Stokhof o f the Department o f Languages and Cul­ tures o f South-East Asia and Ocea­ nia. This national project is co-or­ dinated by Leiden University. The objective o f ISIR is to acquire m ore

knowledge about Irian’s languages, cultures and territory.

‘Since 1962 research in Irian Jaya has become deadlocked’, ac­ cording to the co-ordinator o f the project Dr J. Miedema. ‘In comparision to Papua New Guinea, where m uch research has been done in the past decade, knowledge about the w estern part o f New Guinea is still m eagre.’

Due to historical ties, the exist­ ing expertise and the big am ount o f source material, The N ether­ lands seems best suited to initiate this project. ‘ We m ust make up an inventory’, Miedema states. ‘Our interests go beyond classical no­ tions o f ethnography, in w hich a timeless image o f a culture seen in isolation is presented. We look at the changing circumstances, m utu­ al exchange and foreign influences w hich play a major role in the de­ velopm ent o f cultures. ’ As a point in case Miedema sees the develop­ m ent o f the dowery-system w hich replaced the practice o f the ex­ change o f sisters.

To be able to conduct the re­ search from a comparative persepctive, the ISIR project has a multi-disciplinary framework in w hich many disciplines are repre­ sented: linguistics, anthropology, demography, archeology, botanies and geology. The outcom e o f the research o f the different disciplines will be compared w hich will result in a m ore complete picture o f the Birdheads area.

Apart from Dutch universities and institutes the Indonesian gov­ ernm ent is also actively involved in the execution o f ISIR. The gov­ ernor o f Irian Jaya has shown m uch enthusiasm for the project and attaches m uch value to it.

M iedema:’Knowledge o f local lan­ guages and cultures is a precondi­ tion for effective governance o f the area.’ (Source: Jaa rbericht 1992-1993 o f the Leiden University, p.7)

have been formed: an Alfa-group (anthropology, demography, de­ velopment administration, linguis­ tics) and a Bèta-group (archeolo­ gy, botany, and geology). Since January 1993 these groups are working closely together, having resulted in several joint meetings and a two-days w orking session on May 24 and 25, 1993.

During these meetings the orga­ nizational and methodological in­ terconnections between the respec­ tive sub-programmes have been further explored, whilst during the two-days workshop both intra- and interdisciplinary theoretical aspects were discussed in particular. Thus more insight was obtained into mutual fields o f interest, or rather, insight into the possibilitiies and restrictions for com m on research w ith regard to space, time and top­ ics. Aside from the area at issue, evidently a com m on ground was found more easily in m ethodologi­ cal than in theoretical issues, though both research levels have their practical difficulties.

Overview of actual and planned activities and developments Right at the beginning o f the ISIR project, two working-groups

New Titles from KITLV Press For almost a century and a half KITLV Press, the publishing department of het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (Royal Department of Linguistics and Anthropology) has published scientific journals and monographs on Southeast Asia (especially Indonesia) in the field of the social sciences and humanities.

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Seventh International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics The Depart­ m ent o f Lan­ guages and Cultures o f South-East Asia and Oceania at Leiden U niversity is the orga­ nizer o f the Seventh Interna­ tion al Conference on Aus­ tronesian Linguistics (ICAL), w h ich w ill be held from M onday 22 August to Satur­ day 27 August, 1994. The general em phasis o f the co n ­ ference w ill be on the presen­ tation o f prim ary language data. Descriptive, historical, so ciolin gu istic and creolistic papers dealing w ith Aus­ tronesian languages, especial­ ly w h en they are based on primary language data, are w elcom ed .

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been scientific events of the high­ est standard. It is the first time that this conference will be held out­ side the Pacific area. For Leiden to be chosen as the venue is a sign of the international recognition of the Leiden University as an impor­ tant centre of Austronesian studies.

Austronesian linguistics is the branch of linguistics that specifi­ cally studies the languages of the Austronesian language family. Ge­ ographically this language family is the world’s largest: it stretches from Madagascar in the west to the Polynesian outliers in the east,

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During the conference papers will be presented in the following fields of Austronesian linguistics: historical and typological studies; oral tradition; relationships be­ tween Austronesian and Papuan languages; and the phonetics, phonology, morphology and syn­ tax of individual Austronesian lan­ guages. A special section of the conference will be devoted to the topic of endangered languages, be­ cause this constitutes a relevant theme in the field of Austronesian linguistics.

The conference will draw ap­ proximately 200 participants. So far 180 have registered 154 of whom will present a paper. Those who are interested in attending the conference can apply to the Orga­ nizing Committee for a registra­ tion form. Participants are invited to present a paper. The language of the conference will be English and there will be no translation facili­ ties at the conference. Therefore, papers should be written and pre­ sented in English. The deadline for submission of abstracts is 1 Jan­ uary 1994. The deadline for the full paper is May 1, 1994. ◄

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Images of the Malay-Indonesian World A bout 100 CAM FOR 2 1 scientists from Indone­ sia, Russia, Great Britain, France, Swit­ zerland, Ma­ laysia, Germany, Italy, USA, the Philippines, Denmark, and The Netherlands gathered in Hull for the ninth session of the European Colloquium of Indonesian and Malay Studies. During the colloqui­ um organized by the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies of the Uni­ versity of Hull 60 lectures were presented on themes varying from popular culture and visual imagery, indigenous identity and world view, to foreign and local interface and images of state, power and politics and literary imagery. A conference report will be included in the next issue of IIASN. ◄

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This organisation has been named the European Society for Oceanists (ESO). The new society aims at en­ hancing intellectual co-operation between individual researchers and between institutions within but also outside of Europe. The next conference of the ESO will be held in Basel from 15 to 17 December, 1994 <

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NOVEMBER 2 4 - 2 6 , AMSTERDAM, THE NE T H E R L A N D S

Seminar I r l he section History and Culture of the DepartX ment of languages and Cultures of Southeast Asia and Oceania of Leiden University is organizing a seminiar on Thursday, October 21, 1993 in the Snouck-Hurgronje-huis, Rapenburg 61, Leiden, to commence at 10 a.m. 4

Social Science in Indonesia:

Action and Reflection in ASEAN perspective

Programme: 10.00- 10.30: The Molucca publication of 1824 (R. Habibu) 10.30-11.00: Javanese nationalism in the 1920s (H. van Miert) 1 1 .0 0 - 11.IS: Coffee break 11.15- 11.45: The compilation of a historical atlas of Indonesia (R. Cribb) 11.45- 12.15: The Colonial Institute in Amsterdam 1910-’40 (A. Taselaar) 12.1 5-1 2.45: Archival research in Djakarta (W. van den Doel) 12.45- 13.45: Lunch 1 3 .4 5 - 14.15: Cultural contacts between Dutchmen and Indonesians in literature (L. Dolk) 14.15— 14.45: The letters o f H.N. van der Tuuk (K. Groeneboer)

14.45- 15.00: Tea 15.00- 15.30: Environmental history of North Celebes (D. Henley) For more information: W. van den Doel, (31)71 -272768.

Eden Lectures IT * he Eden Lectures are organized by the Royal In-

X stitute for Anthropology and Linguistics (KITLV). The lectures will be held on Mondays in Room 138 of the KITLV, Reuvensplaats 2, Leiden. 4

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Tourism and the environment in the Netherlands Indies (D r R. Cribb) November 29 Ecological adaptation in South Sumatra, 1820-1940 (J. Peeters, M.A.) 1994 Februari 28 March 28 April 26 July 4

Prehistoric men and Southeast Asia (Dr G.J. Bartstra) Tribal societies and the changing environment (G.A. Pierson, M.A.) Visions on the wilderness in Indonesia (Professor R. Schefold) The ecology o f Maluku (Professor Roy. F. Ellen)

For more information: KITLV, Dr L.W. Nagtegaal, Tel: (31) 71 -272914.

The seminar will be orga­ nized by the Amsterdam School for AGENDA Social Sci­ _____________ ence Re­ search (ASSR/CASA) in hon­ our o f the retiring Professor Dr. S.M.P. Tjondronegoro (Agricultural Institute Bogor) who started his career in Am­ sterdam. f r l he theme of the seminar is X highly relevant today, not only in Indonesia where ‘Habibi enomics' seems to be setting the tune for social science perfor­ mance. In other ASEAN countries , like Malaysia and The Philippines, policies influencing the role and position of the social sciences need attention as well.

On the basis of the position adapted by the speakers a plenary discussion will take place in closed sessions of about 30-40 partici­ pants. The papers will be distribut­ ed in due time among the partici­ pants.

The discussions will be held during the first two days (24-25 November). The third day o f the seminar ( Friday 26 November) will be open to the public and have a more festive character. A general address by Professor Tjon­ dronegoro and Mr. J.K.M. Gervers, President o f the Board o f the Uni­ versity of Amsterdam, will be fol­ lowed by a reception in the hon­ our of Professor Tjondronegoro. 4

Programme:

November 24 Closed Sessions

Indonesian Social Sciences: Action and Reflection Chairperson: Keynote speaker: Comments:

Prof. Dr. Frans Hiisken (Nijmegen) Dr. Ignas Kleden (Bielefeld) Dr. Taufiq Abdullah (LIPI, Jakarta) Dr. George Aditjondro (Salatiga) Dr. Dawam Rahardjo Pleno discussion, followed by reply o f Dr. Ignas Kleden.

November 25 Closed Sessions

Asean-Views'on the position o f Social Sciences in Indonesia Chairperson: Dr. Basuki Gunawan Speakers on Malaysia: Prof. Dr. Shamsul Amri Baharuddin (UKM, Bangi) Prof. Dr. O.D. van den Muijzenberg (CASA, Amsterdam) Speakers on the Philippines: Dr. Cynthia Bautista (University of The Philippines) Prof. Dr. Willem G. Wolters (University of Nijmegen) Pleno discussion

November 26 Open to public

Indonesian’s Research Agenda for the 1990s Chairperson: Speakers:

Prof. Dr. Jan C. Breman (CASA, Amsterdam) Prof. Dr. Sediono M. Tjondronegoro ‘The Indonesian Research Agenda: a personal view’ Drs. J.K.M. Gevers (University of Amsterdam) ‘Reflections on the Dutch Social Sciences Research Agenda in the 1990s’

For more information:

The Organizers Karin Peperkamp CASA Oude Hoogstraat 24 1012 CE Amsterdam Tel.: (3 0-20-5252745

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NEW STUDY PROGRAMMES AT THE JAPAN-NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE IN TOKYO

The latest Karaoke song The JapanNether lands Institute was founded in 1975 to pro­ mote scienNEWS tific and cul­ tural exchange between Japan and The Netherlands. Since at that time only a few pundits, such as the futurologist Her­ mann Kahn, foresaw the phe­ nomenal rise of Japan, the de­ cision to support the initia­ tive for an institute showed remarkable vision on the part of Leiden University where but a dozen students applied themselves to Japanese stud­ ies.

INSTITUTIONAL

By W . R e m m e l i n k

Director o f the JNI Tow there are hundreds of stuJ.^1 dents in Leiden, and all over the world an ever growing tribe of Japan specialists, consultants and management gurus in and outside academia attests to the preeminent position which Japan has attained in many fields of activity. \

Activities The activities of the Institute have grown apace. In the begin­ ning mainly concerned with the study of the historical relations be­ tween Japan and the Netherlands, the Institute has broadened its ac­ tivities to the promotion of ex­ changes in all fields of knowledge, from medicine to mathematics and from art history to anthropology.

The promotion of Dutch culture through exhibitions and perfor­ mances, and the dissemination of the Dutch language through teach­ ing and the publication of gram­ mars and, finally, a Dutch-Japanese dictionary (1994) have become al­ most independent divisions of the Institute.

New Programmes on modem Japan An important gap, however, re­ mains. The study of Japan as such, especially the study of modern Japan, has never been an integral part of the activities of the Insti­ tute. The Institute has always felt that that was a field better left to the Japanese with their penchant for propagating a ‘correct’ under­ standing of Japan, or to the many foreign observers who have found their call in explaining Japan to the world. On a more pragmatic level, however, there is a definite need for more concrete knowledge about Japan, especially for those who are no professional Japan watchers. Given the preponder­ ance of Japan in many fields, par­ ticularly the economic sphere, less and less can be said or done with-

out taking into account the role of Japan. Unfortunately, many things about Japan, including its lan­ guage, defy easy understanding.

On the other hand, the obstacles are not as big as they are some­ times made out to be. In order to overcome these obstacles, the In­ stitute has devised a new program that offers to the non-specialist and the budding specialist alike a thorough introduction to modern Japan and its language. According to the present timetable this new program will start in the fall of 1994.

No longer laughing about Japanese cars Although the need for such a program may seem obvious to those who have direct dealings with Japan, the program is, in fact, necessary for a much wider public.

Sinologists have long admitted the necessity of knowing enough Japanese to keep abreast with de­ velopments in their field. In South and Southeast Asian studies, where one is already encumbered by a plethora of languages, this necessi­ ty is still not generally felt. But just as ten to twenty years ago most of you were laughing about Japanese cars, which now have become in­ dispensable to many of you, in ten to twenty years time a better knowledge of Japan and its lan­ guage will become indispensable in Asian studies in general.

Head goose I do not have to remind you that the great European tradition of Asian studies was as much, if not more, the result of colonial con­ nection, as it was of pure intellec­ tual curiosity. Since the Plaza Agreement of 1985 which trig­ gered an unstoppable rise of the yen, Japanese investment has poured into Southeast Asia at the rate of 1,600 million US dollars in 1986 growing to 8,000 million in 1990. Asian nationalism will prob­ ably upset the neat way in which Tokyo planners like to see the fu­ ture in Asia in the form of a flying geese format with Japan as the head goose. But if present trends hold, for the coming fifty years Japan will remain the head goose whatever straggling formation will follow in its wake.

Asian studies in Japan The history of our own disci­ plines has shown that research fol­ lows the money just as eagerly, from colonial subsidies to devel­ opment aid to the International In­ stitute for Asian studies. Japanese research on Asia, though not im ­ pressive in terms of grand theses or bold ideas, has grown tremen­ dously in terms of quality and quantity. It will keep on doing just

that, and in the process it will in­ volve and tie up a substantial part of local research and researchers in Southeast Asia. You may have no­ ticed that local colleagues who used to stand ready for any invita­ tion for a congress or a joint pro­ ject, have recently become less available because of a congress or a sabbatical in Japan or project fi­ nanced by the Toyota foundation.

In many ways this is a healthy development. Despite all problems and rankled nationalist feelings, the present economic boom in Southeast Asia is mainly fueled by Japanese investments, and these spared the region for the recession which hit other parts of the world.

In the same way Japanese research and research funding can act as a catalyst on Asian studies. However, we will no longer be able to view the region in isolation from Japan.

The economist will need to know what they are thinking and decid­ ing in Tokyo, and the child psy­ chologist will have to have knowl­ edge of Japanese cartoons. The knowledge of Japanese software will become increasingly impor­ tant. The hardware we know al­ ready as we hitch a ride on a Toy­ ota hardtop to the last lost tribe in the forest. But as we outrun the

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Japanese chainsaws which are felling the trees and the Japanese concrete mixers which are filling the holes for the next shopping mall, we are now bound to find the chief of our tribe being inter­ viewed by a Japanese linguist, while he croones at night the latest karaoke songs from Tokyo (proba­ bly to the disgust of the Japanese linguist). Without a good knowl­ edge of Japan and to a certain ex­ tent its language, the baby Krishna which the International Institute for Asian Studies is supposed to tend, might turn out to be a Japanese cuckoo without you ever knowing it. ◄

RECENT PUBLICATIONS OF THE JAPAN-NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE • Nichi-Ran Gakkai, ed., Nichiran Koshoshi Kenkyu Kai, vert.

Nagasaki Oranda Shokan Nikki; l , 1801-1803 (The diaries of the Dutch factory at Nagasaki; 1, 1801-1803), Yushodo Book­ sellers, 1989.(11) • Nichi-Ran Gakkai, ed., Nichiran Koshoshi Kenkyu Kai, vert.

Nagasaki Oranda Shokan Nikki; 2, 1804—1806 (The diaries of the Dutch factory at Nagasaki; 2, 1804—1806), Yushodo Booksellers, 1990. (12) • Nichi-Ran Gakkai, ed., Organdago - Nihonjin no tame no (Dutch or Japanese), Second re­ vised edition, Nichi Ran Gakkai, 1990.(13)

T h e J a p a n - N e t h e r l a n d s In s t i tu t e DenmiTk House 4 - 17-35, Minami-Aoyama

• Nichi-Ran Gakkai, ed., Nichiran Koshoshi Kenkyu Kai, vert.

Nagasaki Oranda Shokan Nikki; 3, 1807-1809 (The diaries of the Dutch factory at Nagasaki; 3, 1807-1809), Nichi-Ran Gakkai, 1991 (14)

Minato-Ku, Tokyo 107 Japan

P ublishers since 1683

E I BKI LL Conflict and Accommodation in Early Modem East Asia Essays in Honour of Erik Ziircher Edited by Leonard Blussé and Harriet T. Zumdorfer This collection of essays written by his former students and colleagues represent the many foci of interest that Erik Ziircher has shared with them during his tenure as professor at Leiden University. They include discussions of Confucian philosophy, Buddhist and Christian polemics, the spread of Jesuit literature and anti-Christian attitudes among the literati, Ming aphorisms, the Chinese pictorial of skulls and skeletons, the Ch’ien-lung Emperor’s eightieth birthday celebrations, Sino-Korean relations, and the Tittle traditions’ in Chinese historical development, secret societies and kongsi.

Readership: All those interested in the intellectual/social history and literary traditions of China, Japan and Korea.

Leonard Blussé, doctorate (1986) Leiden University, has taught East Asian and Southeast Asian history at Leiden since 1977. He is currently secretary of the Research Institute for the History of European Expansion at Leiden University.

Harriet T. Zurndorfer, Ph.D. (1977) in History, University of California, Berkeley, has taught Chinese history at the Sinologisch Instituut, Leiden University since 1978.

• September 1993. (c. 328 pp., frontisp., 16 pi.)

• Sinica Leidensia, 29 • ISBN 90 04 09775 9 • Cloth with dustjacket NLG 135.—/US$ 77.25 P.O.B. 9000 • 2300 PA Leiden • The Netherlands / U.S. and Canadian customers: • 24 Hudson Street • Kinderhook, NY 12106. USA. Call toll-free 1-800-962-4406 (US and Canada only). Prices are subject to change without prior notice and are exclusive of handling costs. Ail prices are exclusive of VAT in EC-countries (VAT not applicable outside the EC). US$ prices are valid for USA and Canada only.

• Nichi-Ran Gakkai, ed., Nichiran Koshoshi Kenkyu Kai, vert.

Nagasaki Oranda Shokan Nikki; 4, Himitsu Nikki 1800-1810 (The dairies of the Dutch factory at Nagasaki; 4, Secret diaries 1800-1810), Nichi-Ran Gakkai, 1992. (15) • Paul van der Velde, Rudolf Bachofner, ed,: The Deshima Diaries; Marginalia 1700-1740.

Nichi-Ran Gakkai, 1992.(16) • Numata Jiro (Rudolf Bachofner vert.) Western Learning; A Short History of the Study of Western Science in Early Modem Japan. Nichi Ran Gakkai, 1992.(17) • Journal of the Japan-Netherlands Institute: - Vol 1 (1989).

Papers of the workshop on the history of the medical exchange between Japan and the Netherlands.

- Vol 2 (1990).

Papers of the Dutch-Japanese symposium on the history of Dutch and Japanese ex­ pansion; in memory of the late Nagazumi Akira.

- Vol 3 (1991).

Papers of the first conference on the transfer of science and technology be­ tween Europe and Asia since Vasco da Gama.

- Vol 4 (1992).

Papers of the first Dutch-Japanese law symposium.

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15- 16 SEPTEMBER, 1993, LEIDEN, THE NETHERLANDS

The 10 th Sino-European Conference On 15-16 September, 1993 the Sinological Institute of Leiden Uni­ versity host­ ed the 10th Sino-European Conference, which was or­ ganised in co-operation with the Institute o f International Relations (HR), National Chengchi University, Taipei.

The theme o f this year’s con­ ference was ‘China and Eu­ rope: Defining a New Rela­ tionship within the Search for a New World Order’ and its objective was to re-examine the relationships between the greater China region and Eu­ rope, both East and West, in the light o f the changing in­ ternational order. The confer­ ence covered both the Repub­ lic o f China on Taiwan as well as the People’s Republic of China and addressed their re­ spective relations with Eu­ rope as well as the their own evolving relations and their consequences.

CONFERENCE

I"ylhe conference opened with a X keynote address by Dr Chunglih Wu, Deputy Director General of the Information Office of The Executive Yuan of Taiwan. Dr Wu discussed some of the major changes that have taken place in Taiwan during the last decades and raised five issues, many of which were to recur several times in dis­ cussions later during the confer­

ence. The first issue concerned the shift in Taiwanese politics from a quantitative to a qualitative per­ spective. Dr Wu argued that the quality of life is gaining impor­ tance as a political issue, as ap­ pears, for example, from a grow­ ing attention paid to matters like environmental protection and health insurance. Secondly he pointed out that Taiwan has changed from an international economic aid receiver to an aid contributor. The third issue raised was the transformation of Taiwan from a relatively isolated and closed society to a more open country, as is evident from the opening up of new channels of in­ formation as well as of the permis­ sion (since 1988) to found politi­ cal parties. This is closely related to the next issue, the ‘silent revolu­ tion’ as it is sometimes called: the process of democratization that has taken place in Taiwan. Finally, Dr Wu addressed the process of changing Taiwan’s role on the sidelines in the arena of world pol­ itics to that of a player. With this last issue, he was referring to Tai­ wan’s aim to officially join inter­ national organizations like the United Nations, GATT and the Asian Development Bank.

The conference brought together some 40 specialists from Taiwan and various European countries.

Ten papers, divided over two main themes: • the interrelationship between domestic developments and for­ eign policy orientation; and • interactions between Europe,

DUTCH SI NOLOGY STUDENTS CAN S O O N LEARN CHINESE IN BEIJING

A Dutch Institute in Beijing INSTITUTIONAL! na in the middle of August, the N E W S Dutch Min­ ister o f Edu­ cation and Sciences, Ritzen proposed opening a Dutch In­ stitute in Beijing, which would be administered by Leiden University. The Insti­ tute would be able to aid both Chinese academics planning to carry out research in the Netherlands and Dutch schol­ ars working in China. In or­ der to work out this plan in more detail, this week a twoman delegation from Leiden left for Beijing.

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A Dutch Institute in Beijing fits in with the plan to strengthen scientific ties with China, in con­ nection with which Ritzen signed four agreements in the Chinese capital. Such a bridge between Dutch and Chinese scholars cannot but considerably reinforce the Dutch academic presence in the largest country in Asia. Ad hoc ar­ rangements make way for a recog­ nized channel for contacts. For Lei­ den, appointed to administer the plan on behalf of Utrecht, Gronin­ gen, and Amsterdam, the institute will facilitate existing contacts with the University of Beijing. At this moment Leiden is already ad­ ministering two institutes abroad on behalf of the Netherlands, namely the Japan-Netherlands In-

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Participants of the 10th Sino-European Conference Taiwan, and the People’s Repub­ lic of China, were presented.

Each paper was commented upon by a discussant who also raised the key themes for the de­ bate in the remainder of the ses­ sion. The final session was re­ served for a round table discus­ sion, led by Prof. A.J. Saich (Sinological Institute, Leiden Uni­ versity) , on the global context and on key issues that had emerged during the conference. The discus­ sion was preceded by short intro­ ductions by Prof. K. Radtke (Japanological Institute, Leiden University) and Dr. Wen-lang LI (Department of Sociology, Ohio State University). There was only one theme all participants agreed upon: the capacity of the PRC to surprise the world and thus the impossibility of predict its future.

Themes and questions raised during this session included:

stitute in Tokyo and the Nether­ lands Institute for Archaeology and Arabic Studies in Cairo.

According to Drs. W. Teller, di­ rector of the Foreign Bureau of Leiden University, an institute in Beijing does more than just pro­ vide good access for Dutch aca­ demics wanting to do research in China. It would also be able to provide crash courses on Dutch customs and culture for Chinese researchers planning to spend some time in the Netherlands. Fur­ thermore, an institute in Beijing would make it possible to send un­ dergraduates in Sinology to China for one semester of language tu­ ition. Students of Arabic, who are required to spend one semester af­ ter their preliminary examination in Cairo, gain a great deal of bene­ fit from a half year’s language study on the spot, says Teller. ‘In their fluency they are demonstra­ bly further ahead than after a semester in Leiden’.

Easy does it

So far the Chinese side have re­ acted to the proposal with caution.

Taiwan’s foreign policy strategy

• in what direction is its relation­ ship with the PRC evolving?

• what are the domestic and inter­ national implications of Taiwan’s aim to join the UN? • does Taiwan anticipate the insti­ tutional changes that are taking place in the field of international politics, for example the chang­ ing role of various UN organs?

The conference proceedings will be published in book form and in Issues and Studies, a monthly journal published by the Institute of Inter­ national Relations in Taipei.

Next year’s Sino-European con­ ference will be held at the Institute of International Relations in Taipei. ◄

PRC’s domestic situation

• what kind of political structure will eventually emerge?

• what are the implications of a growing regionalism?

• does the economic development lead to moral decay?

Relations Europe-East Asia

• what are the implications of the simultaneous development of large economic blocs, on the one hand, and localist move­ ments resulting in fragmentation on the other hand

Evidently the Chinese want more reassurance that a Dutch Institute in Beijing will concern itself soley with promoting scientific contacts.

Teller: ‘There is a certain degree of anxiety that you are going to prop­ agate your culture - as the French do. This is still an extremely sensi­ tive issue. But we want to be neu­ tral and restrict ourselves to sci­ ence’.

A second problem is that from the point of view of the Chinese bureaucracy, formally the institute must fall under the aegis of, for in­ stance, the embassy (as do the in­ stitutes of France and Italy), or be the guest of a Chinese research centre. Teller, however, thinks this is just ’a matter of red stamps’. He says that his visit in the company of the Leiden professor Dr J. Liang is above all a logistical operation.

Minister Ritzen is prepared to pro­ vide half of the five to six hundred thousand guilder budget estimated to be needed annually to finance the institute for three years. The Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) and Leiden Uni­ versity are prepared to shoulder

the other half of the amount. In Beijng, Teller and Liang will inves­ tigate if this sum is sufficient to pay for Chinese secretarial help, office space, and similar require­ ments. Says Teller optimistically: ‘If we don’t succeed in finding a building before the scheduled opening date on 1 January, 1994, then the director can at least have a desk in the Dutch embassy’.

The majority of the joint pro­ jects between China and the Netherlands, annually amounting to between thirty to forty, are con­ cerned with research in the fields of Oceanology, Botany, Medicine, Sinology, Earth Sciences, and His­ tory. These existing contacts will be the most important supports in the setting up of the institute. The Flemish universities of Louvain and Ghent will also be asked if they are interested in the Dutch In­ stitute. <

(Source: Mare 17-2)

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2 2 -2 6 AUGUST, 1994, C O PE N H A G E N , DENMARK

Seventh International Conference of the European Associaton of Japanese Studies The plans for the 7th EAJS confer­ ence are progressing P A P E R S rapidly, and scholars w ho intend to present papers in one o f the eight parallel sessions are requested to an­ nounce their intention as quickly as possible to one o f the convenors below.

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University, D 47048 Duisburg, Germany.

(Contact the convenor themes)

Tel: 49 2+3 37 89 14 9 (office) Fax: 49 203 37 89 157

Convenor: Mark Morris

Oslo, Norway Tel: 47 22 20 83 16 Fax: 47 22 II 19 70 (NB: Abstracts should be sent to the convenor not later than I December, 1993)

Linguistics and language teaching Convenor: Stefan Kaiser Co-convenor: Bjarke Frellesvig East Asian Institute, University of Arhus, Universitetsparken, DK-8000 Arhus C, Denmark.

Tel: 45 89 42 20 27 (direct) 45 89 42 I I II (exchange)

bers are encouraged to become so. All members will recieve the EAJS Bulletin ( next issue September, 1993) with the latest

(cannot be reached in december)

updates about the conference (including deadlines for hotel booking, registration and excursion). Moreover, it pays in anoth­ er way because the conference fee is lower

CB39DA, UK. Tel: 44 223 33 51 44 (direct)

Convenor (economic and social history): Sarah F. Metzger-Court

as early as possible.

For further information please write to:

44 223 33 51 06 (office) 44 223 23 49 48 (home)

Dept, of Modern Languages, Aston Univer­ sity, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B29 7HY.

(Cannot be contacted between mid- November and early January)

Tel: 44 2 1 359 36 I I, ext. 5459 Fax: 44 2 1 359 61 63

Seventh International Conference of the European Association of Japanese Studies, East Asian Institute, University of Copen­ hagen, Njalsgade 80, DK-2300 Copenhagen

Participants are also urged to register

S, Denmark.

Visual and performing arts

Themes:

The Oslo School of Architecture P.O. Box 6768 St. Olavs Plass, N- 0 130

26 Rue Camille Blanc F-94800 Villejuif, France.

Tel: 33 I 47 26 14 74

(Cannot be reached during September)

Urban and Environmental Studies

Convenor: Halina Dunin-Woyseth

The conference is also open to non-EAJS members, but those who are not yet mem­

Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Cambridge, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge

Convenor: Nicola Liscutin Japan Research Centre, Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Cambridge, Sidgwich

• Tokyo: model or anti-model?

• Urban planning : tradition and modernity in Japan

Convenor: Josef Kyburz

History Theme:

Tel: 45 3 I 54 22 I I Fax: 45 3 1 54 66 78

• Leaders and Leadership

Avenue, Cambridge CB93AD, UK

Convenor: Ian Neary Contemporary Japan Centre, Essex Uni­

For registration, hotel reservation and payment of conference fee, please contact: Symposion

Tel: 44 223 35 56 17 (home) Fax: 44 233 33 51 10

versity, Colchester C 0 4 3SQ, UK. Tel: 44 206 87 25 43

International A/S, Vesterbrogade 15,3.

DK-1620 Copenhagen V, Denmark.

Fax: 44 206 87 34 08 E-mail: ian@essex.ac.uk.

Tel: 45 33 25 20 25 Fax: 45 33 25 08 33

Anthropology and sociology

for members than for others (DKK 400 for members and DKK 600 for non-members, half the price for students). The member­ ship fee is Df! 35 (Dfl. 17.50 for students) per year.

For membership to the Association, please write to the treasurer: Erika de Poorter Vakgroup Talen en Culturen van Japan en Korea, Rijksuniversiteit Leiden Postbus 9515 NL-2300 RA Leiden Nederland Tel: 3 1 71 27 25 44/ 27 25 39 Fax: 31 71 27 26 15 (Source: NIASnytt 1993-3, p. 25.)

Theme:

• Material Culture and Consump­ tion.

Convenor: Arne Kalland Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, 84 Njalsgade, DK-2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark.

Tel: 45 3 I 54 88 44 Fax: 45 32 96 25 30 E-mail: arne@nias.ku.dk (NB: Abstracts should be sent to the convenor not later than I November, 1993)

Economics and economic social history Convenor (economics): W erner Pascha East Asian Economic Studies, Duisburg

SEPTEMBER 2 2 -2 4 , 1994, VI ENNA, AUSTRIA

Old age and ageing in Japan and Asia Spiritual conditions and social reality, past and present iTphe section X for Japanese Stud­ ies in the Re­ search Institute P A P E R S for Cultural and Intellectu­ al History of Asia of the Austrian Academy of Sciences has been en­ gaged for several years in a re­ search project on old age in Japan, which aims at describing, from the viewpoints of both social history and the history of ideas, the values and norms that existed with regard to old age, ageing and the elderly in the different periods of the his­ tory of pre-industrial Japan, i.e., before the massive encounter with Western culture in the second half of the 19th century.

In accordance with the interdis­ ciplinary and cross-cultural objec­ tives of the organizing Institute, this conference will attempt to re­ late the results of this research on Japan to analogous findings on other Asian cultures and societies, from India to China, in order to ascertain possible influences and parallels, as well as differences be­ tween these various cultures. The

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conference will thus deal with the meaning and valuation of old age, ageing and persons of advanced age within the great spiritual tradi­ tions of Asia, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism and Shinto, with their respective historical and regional forms, as well as with the living conditions, both past and present of the elder­ ly in the countries of this region.

The Saito Goma fire ritual for the first time performed outside Japan at the foot of windmill ‘De Valk’, Leiden.

The organizers invite all interest­ ed scholars to participate in the conference. The length of papers should be 30 to 45 minutes. Ap­ plications, including a one-page abstract are requested to be sent no later than November 30, 1993, to the address mentioned below. It is planned to publish the papers as a symposium volume in the course of 1995. ◄

September 12, 1993, a group of Buddhist monks from Tokoyo performed the Japanese fire ritual of Saito Goma in Leiden. This is the first time the ritual is’performed in its entirety outside of Japan.

(Source: Bulletin of the European Association for Japanese Studies 37 ( 1993) June, p. 34) For further information contact: Research Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia P.O. Box 7/4/3, A-10 10 Vienna, Austria

Photo: H. Kuipers

The Saito Goma Eire Ritual

Saito Goma is one of the most spectacular rituals of Japanese Bud­ dhism. By means of ritual actions and spells, which are in fact medi­ tation pratices, a sacred place is constructed consisting of an altar and a plie of 13 metres long. The monks brandish axes and swords and shoot arrows, symbolically re­ moving obstacles. Next, the pile is lit, and for the spectators the ritual reaches its climax when the monks

walk barefoot across the smoulder­ ing pile, reciting ritual spells in or­ der to present offerings at the altar at the other side. Finally, the pub­ lic is offered the opportunity to cross the fire, and in this way to profit from religious merits of the performing monks.

Although elements can be traced back to Indian fire rituals dating form the second millennium BC.the ritual in its present form goes back to the twelfth century. It belongs to a tradition of mountain ascetics (yamavushi), who special­ ize in mystic practices in deserted mountain areas which are of old considered to be sacred places full of magical power. Their aim is to

become a Buddha or enlightened one in this life. The fire ritual serves the same end. Its goal is to burn away the negative karmic ef­ fects of human passions, which hinder man’s realization of his en­ lightened state. It is mostly execut­ ed as an introduction to a period of religious practice in the moun­ tains, in order for the monks to at­ tain the state of spiritual purity necessary for their ascetic retreat.

Simultaneously, it is regarded as a gift to the laity present at the per­ formance, who can profit from the purifying power generated by the ritual.

The Saito Goma in Leiden was performed by monks of the Daigoji Sanboin school, one of the oldest traditions of the ritual. The main celebrant was Nakada Junna, abbot of Shinagawa Temple in Tokyo and Head of Ritual Affairs of the Diagoji Temple in Kyoto. ◄

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casion of the Japanese week in Tilburg the REPORTS Japanese Chamber of Commerce in The Netherlands or­ ganized a one-day symposium.

The meeting was chaired by Mr. N. Takei, director of Yokogawa Eu­ rope BV, who stated in his opening speech that there are big differ­ ences between Japan and Europe in social customs, religion, language, and food but, when management is concerned the differences evap­ orate into thin air.

Professor J. Stam, head of the Department of Modern Japanese Studies of the Erasmus University (Rotterdam), stated that the Japanese companies have been so successful because of their strong identity, flexibility, and the in­ volvement of workers in the com­ panies. According to Stam, em­ ployers and employees see them­

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selves as partners in business. This kind of ‘we’-feeling is absent in The Netherlands and causes prob­ lems between the Japanese man­ agement of Japanese companies in The Netherlands and their Dutch workers.

H. Bertsch (M.A.), talked about the effectiveness of means of pro­ duction in Europe, America, and Japan. He pointed out that the Japanese have the most effective means of production in terms of time, e.g. in Japan it takes 16 hours to build a car, in America 25 hours and in Europe 36. However, he did not allude to the social con­ sequences of rapid production. It became clear that it would take many more hours to bridge the gap between The Netherlands and Japan, even in terms of manage­ ment. The fourth such conference will take place next year, but the city has not yet been chosen by the organizers. ◄ (Source: Brabants Nieuwsblad, September 18, 1993)

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